Title: How did urbanization affect the Industrial Revolution in America? - Quora
Headings: How did urbanization affect the Industrial Revolution in America?
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Content: Urbanization provided the work force for the industrial revolution and allowed it to be successful. As the factories boomed, they expanded needing more workers and thus a greater number of workers nearby. Urbanization allowed the workers to live near the factories and factories to be constantly running. On the other hand, the urbanization was poorly executed with many people living in poverty and as sickness and hunger ravaged the urban areas, more people begged for better pay and living conditions. Thus, labor unions began to form and encouraged the workers to criticize the factories that employed them. This slowed the industrial revolution considerably
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Scott Guile
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It was really the other way around. Urban centers were where the jobs were so the migration - especially the south to the rust belt part - took place.