What was one major effect of industrialization on american society?
a. more people received free higher education.
b. more people received health care and benefits.
c. more people took up family farming.
d. more people moved to urban areas.

The correct answer is Option D) More people moved to urban areas.

As industrialization started to take place, more and more manufacturing jobs were being created. Especially in the North-East of the country which was quickly becoming an manufacturing hub for textile products, steel, iron, construction goods, machines etc.

There was a huge need for labor jobs in these factories and paid a salary which was far more than what an average farmer could earn.

This eventually led to millions of people moving from rural areas and settling in cities.

Within just a few decades, the complete demographic make up of the country had changed. Cities now had far more people, many living in slums and bad conditions.

One major effect of industrialization on American society was more people moved to urban areas (Point  D).

American industrialization starts around the 1800s. Industrialization means changing the industry from manual labors to machine base industry - to increase productivity and maximize profit.

Industrialization occurred because of innovation, technology and transportation development. Industrialization offered new jobs resulted in urbanization. Many people moved from the farm or countryside to urban areas in search of employment or to live near the factories.  

Industrial Revolution brought significant social changes in the United States. Most of the new industrial company built near to the urban area resulted the city grew faster than ever before. Chicago was the fastest growing city. This growing city faced a new social problem, the increased inequality of wealth was most visible, the gap between the high with the lower-income become wider. The revolution also caused a rise of unskilled workers, poor working condition, low wages, and child labor.  

Textile industry

Manufacture industry that employs more workers

American industrial revolutions

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