Between 1790 and 1900, cities in america grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers. shrank as rural areas became more popular. shrank as people began moving to the suburbs. grew slowly as they industrialized.

I believe the answer is: grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers looking for work

Between 1790 and 1900s, industrial revolution start to spread in America. This lead to the creation of many factories intended for mass production in urban centres. These factories provided many job opportunities that attracted many people from different background to move to urban centers and try their luck there.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

but equal

explanation:

plessy v. ferguson (1896) is an important us supreme court decision that kept racial segregation based on "separate but equal". however, these racially segregated trains and places were not actually equal. plessy v. ferguson (1896) was finally overturned by brown v. board of education in 1954.