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What attracted many rural Americans to work in mills and factories?
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Because it got most of the Americans away from the farms.
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What groups of people went to work in factories during the second industrial revolution?
Immigrants and rural Americans who came to the cities to earn a living. (I think that's right. This is the answer I wrote...)
What attracted immigrants and rural people to the cities?
Immigrants and rural people moved to the city to get jobs.
How did life for rural Americans differ from life for urban Americans?
Rural Americans could not take part in the consumer culture of the new forms of leisure. << NOVANET
Why were immigrants forced to take low paying industrial jobs in cities in the late 1880s?
Most immgrants came from rural areas and lacked skill in modern manufacturing and industrial work. As a result, they had to take low-paying, unskilled jobs in factories, mills, construction, or sweatshops.
Why were immigrants often forced to take low paying industrial jobs in cities in the late 1880s?
Most immgrants came from rural areas and lacked skill in modern manufacturing and industrial work. As a result, they had to take low-paying, unskilled jobs in factories, mills, construction, or sweatshops.
Which best describes the movement of African Americans between 1910 and 1930?
Many African Americans moved from the rural South to the urban North.
What percent of people in latin America live in rural areas?
About 15% of Latin Americans live in rural areas.
Did the census of 1920 show that more Americans lived in rural areas than in towns and cities?
Rural Areas
Why didn't southern states invest towards building factories?
They didn't because they have a rural environment, which meant that they had to farm.
What effects did the Industrial Revolution have on life in America?
The Industrial Revolution caused a lot of changes for Americans. More jobs were available in factories, and many people moved from rural areas to cities in search of work. Also, products were more readily available and people had more money to spend on goods. It also provided opportunities for the north and the south to do business with one another. For instance, cotton was grown in the south and a lot of it was sent to textile mills in the north.
Who was a primary source of labor for the textile mills?
Young and unmarried women from rural New England.
In the early 18oo where did most Americans live?
they lived in rural areas
