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History, Social Studies
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7th - 9th Grade
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Vaughn Johnson
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Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution
the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

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Urban vs Rural
Urban - to live, be located, or to be established in a city.
Rural- to live, be located. or to be established in the country or outside of the city.
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Urban
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Rural
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Image Analysis
What is the first thing you notice?
Are there words? What do they say?
Are there people? What are they doing? Are they being portrayed positively or negatively?
What is the purpose of this image?
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Open Ended
What do you see?
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Open Ended
What do you see?
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Open Ended
What do you see?
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Industrial Revolution impact on Urbanization.
Technology advancements led to the development of factories.
Civilians began leaving their farms and immigrating from other countries to the Northern U.S. to work in the factories.
This led to the increase of city populations and overcrowding.
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Multiple Choice
Which reason best explains why the North developed an economy based on manufacturing, while the South focused more on agriculture?
Physical geography supported different economies.
Northern plantations could not grow cotton.
Slavery was a necessity in both regions of the U.S.
Southerners lacked available land to build factories.
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Multiple Choice
What economic factor brought about rapid urbanization?
Free land grants
Opportunity for jobs
Abundance of natural resources
Decreased tariffs
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Multiple Choice
"Some immigrants were pushed from their homeland while others were attracted to the United States. They served as the cheap labor force in the new, developing businesses and their presence caused a dramatic increase in city populations."
The except above best identifies the factors that brought about rapid...
urbanization and industrialization.
free enterprise and nativism
mercantilism and slavery.
innovation and mechanization.
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Open Ended
How did the industrial revolution impact urbanization?
Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution
the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.

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