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: 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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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. Populations were dispersed so there were no large labor pools for the new industries to draw upon. So, you see, without the industries themselves urbanization would be a non-starter. 1.2K views
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Mara Obelcz
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Answered 3 years ago · Author has 8.7K answers and 717.8K answer views
Kind of have to say the opposite. The factories created a central hub for population growth. Cars were non existent;