USH America Moves to the City

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Across
  1. 2. In 1790, this percentage of Americans lived on farms or ranches, while only 2% live on them today
  2. 4. The _________ gin was an important invention during the first Industrial Revolution that probably kept slavery in demand (The 2nd...)
  3. 6. ___________ is the movement of people from the countryside to cities and surrounding areas (From farm to city).
  4. 7. The First Industrial Revolution led to the construction of many of these buildings where goods are produced with the help of machines (The 2nd Industrial Revolution and urbanization)
  5. 8. People living in cities experienced high rates of poverty, disease, and ___________.
  6. 10. Bringing ___________ to homes and businesses was a major achievement of the Second Industrial Revolution (The 2nd...)
  7. 13. Jacob Riis was a _____________ whose work helped bring about improvements in housing in cities (City life)
  8. 14. Before 1920, most Americans worked on these (From farm to city)
Down
  1. 1. The development of the _________ relied on the invention of the elevator and the availability of cheap steel (City life)
  2. 3. This influenced a change in where people lived, starting in the late 1800s (Overview).
  3. 5. Most poor people in the cities lived in crowded and unhealthy ___________ buildings (City life).
  4. 9. Most people who came to the United States from 1870-1920 moved here (Overview).
  5. 11. Most immigrants coming to America between 1870 and 1920 were ____________.
  6. 12. Millions of people moved to American towns and cities during the 2nd Industrial Revolution to find ____ in their businesses and factories (The 2nd...)