Reading 1 ITP

Why young women chose to move from farms to cities

The number and types of manufacturing jobs created in cities

Changes in settlement patterns between farms and cities

The effects of mechanization on western migration

change

growth

population

labor

left behind

sold

gave away

gradually reduced the size of

To indicate that more than one factor contributed to the movement from rural to urban settlement

To support the idea that many families were able to stop farming and migrate to the cities

To suggest that the migration would have happened despite the economic situation

To argue against economics as the primary factor in migration

city businessmen seeking new investments

successful landowners who had mechanized farms

young farm men starting to work

people who had few opportunities in cities

unexpectedly

usually

unavoidably

possibly

industrial workers becoming farmers

the economic development of the countryside

the loss of rural population

innovations in manufacturing

Fewer people lived on farms

The central part of the United States lost much of its population to rural areas in the West.

Rural areas of the West became more populated than those in the central part of the country.

Work opportunities in urban areas began to decline.

Young women were more likely to leave rural areas to go to urban areas

Young women were more likely to take jobs on farms.

Young women who migrated generally had more education.

Young women generally moved more frequently from one rural area to another.

unappealing

reduced

low-paying

disappearing