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