Title: How did urbanization affect the Industrial Revolution in America? - Quora
Headings: How did urbanization affect the Industrial Revolution in America?
How did urbanization affect the Industrial Revolution in America?
How did the railroad affect the Industrial Revolution in America?

Content: This slowed the industrial revolution considerably
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Scott Guile
, Marketing Manager at Macmillan Learning (1999-present)
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 1K answers and 375.1K answer views
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. So the industrial revolution was a root cause of urbanization. Also the ability to travel by rail contributed - it opened up places that were not port cities. Chicago, St Louis, Atlanta, and other land locked cities now had a way to manufacture and distribute goods to a wider populace. 1.1K views
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, lives in Carlin, Nevada (1995-present)
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 98 answers and 113.1K answer views
Frankly your question is backwards. Before the “revolution” most humans lived an agrarian lifestyle or were tradesmen of one sort or another.