Urbanization in america in the late 1880s refers to --

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Urbanization in america in the late 1880s refers to --

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Statistics have been split into urban and rural categories in decennial census publications for over a century. The definition of "urban" has changed over time in response to changes in settlement patterns, data use needs, and technology available for use in defining urban areas. The Census Bureau has continued to define "rural" as all territory, persons, and housing units not defined as urban. In the censuses of 1880, 1890, and 1900, places were deemed urban based on minimum population sizes of 8,000, 4,000, and 2,500 inhabitants.

Beginning in 1910, the minimum population threshold to be categorized as an urban place was set at 2,500. "Urban" was defined as including all territory, persons, and housing units within an incorporated area that met the population threshold. The 1920 census marked the first time in which over 50 percent of the U.S. population was defined as urban.

The Census Bureau revised the urban definition for the 1950 census by adopting the urbanized area concept, to better account for increased growth in suburban areas outside incorporated places of 50,000 or more population. This change made it possible to define densely-populated but unincorporated territory as urban. The Census Bureau continued to identify as urban those places that had populations of 2,500 or more and were located outside urbanized areas. The Census Bureau also officially identified unincorporated places (referred to as census designated places (CDPs) starting with the 1980 census) located outside urbanized areas for the first time in 1950, and designated as urban any that contained at least 2,500 people within its boundaries. In 1960, the Census Bureau also adopted a population density threshold of at least 1,000 people per square mile for urbanized areas.

For Census 2000, the Census Bureau adopted the urban cluster concept, for the first time defining relatively small, densely settled clusters of population using the same approach as was used to define larger urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population, and no longer identified urban places located outside urbanized areas. In addition, all urbanized areas and urban clusters were delineated solely on population density, without reference to place boundaries (for the 1950 through 1990 censuses, places were included in, or excluded from, urbanized areas in their entirety; exceptions were made for incorporated places containing substantial amounts of sparsely populated territory).


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the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy

Which factor most contributed to the urbanization of the United States during the 1800s?

Workers were drawn to industrial areas in the cities, increasing both urbanization and industrialization at the same time.

Which statement best explains the relationship between industrialization and urbanization in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

textiles

Which industry was the first to be transformed by industrialization?

ethnic neighborhoods in large cities

The bulk of poor immigrants who arrived in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s primarily settled in which areas?

an African American seeking to escape discriminatory Jim Crow laws

Which person would have been most likely to move to a northern U.S. city in the late 1800s?

The arrival of millions of immigrants in the country during industrialization

Which historical trend best symbolizes the meaning of the motto "E Pluribus Unum"?

the greater difficulty that "new" immigrants had assimilating into American society

Which factor most contributed to the resentment many U.S. immigrants felt toward "new" immigrants?

poor whites and Irish immigrants

Support for political machines such as Tammany Hall was highest among which group?

mechanization of agriculture

Which factor most contributed to the urbanization of the United States during the first half of the 1900s?

political corruption

Tammany Hall was most associated with

distribute Native American nation lands to individual Native Americans

he focus of federal Indian policies adopted in the 1880s was to

improvements in public services provided by large cities

Which was one of the benefits brought about by the power of political machines?

They lived in poverty in overcrowded tenement housing of industrial cities.

Which statement describes the living conditions of many immigrants to the United States?

the discovery of gold in various Native American territories

Which factor contributed to increased conflict between European settlers and Native Americans on the Great Plains during the late 1840s and early 1850s?

the emergence of a large middle class

The growth of spectator sports in the late 1800s was most closely tied to which development?

The settlers who traveled west on railroads took land that had traditionally belonged to Native Americans.

Which statement explains how construction of the transcontinental railroad most affected Native Americans during the 1800s?

American urban areas came to hold more of the population than rural areas.

Which demographic change took place in the United States in the early 1900s?

religious persecution

Which "push" factor contributed most to immigration from Russia and Poland?

China

U.S. immigration from which geographic region was first restricted during the 1880s?

They signaled the end of the traditional way of life for the Plains Indians.

Which statement best explains the significance of the events at Sand Creek, Colorado, and at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in the late 1800s?

combine

Which agricultural invention allowed farmers to harvest the most grain with the fewest number of workers?

Tasks are assigned based on a clear division of labor.

Which is a characteristic of a typical bureaucracy?

steam

Which energy source was most important during the earliest stages of industrialization?

Native American reservations were reduced in size.

Which development was a direct result of the Dawes Severalty Act?

spiritual dancing

Which Native American practice was a central factor in the Wounded Knee Massacre?

telegraph

The invention of the Morse code was connected with which other innovation?

selling bonds and shares of stock

Corporations raise capital by

Mining techniques frequently polluted sources of freshwater and increased the risk of flooding.

Why were areas near mines often not suitable for human settlement in the United States in the late 1800s?

by accepting low pay, Chinese immigrants were pulling down wages for all Americans

Supporters of the Chinese Exclusion Act were most likely to believe that

the desire to attract more women to migrate west

Which factor most contributed to the expansion of women's rights in the western territories?

the elevator

Which invention directly led to the growth of skyscrapers in the United States?

examine and process newly arrived U.S. immigrants

The main purpose of Ellis Island was to

spread of railroads

The invention of the steam locomotive contributed most to the

Industries were located in cities, where many farmers, former enslaved people, and immigrants moved to find work in factories.

Which development most contributed to the urbanization of American society during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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What was urbanization in the 1800s?

One important result of industrialization and immigration was the growth of cities, a process known as urbanization. Commonly, factories were located near urban areas. These businesses attracted immigrants and people moving from rural areas who were looking for employment. Cities grew at a rapid rate as a result.

What urbanization was like in the late 1800's in the United States?

Industrial expansion and population growth radically changed the face of the nation's cities. Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems became commonplace. Mass transit, in the form of trolleys, cable cars, and subways, was built, and skyscrapers began to dominate city skylines.

What is the main reason for the urbanization of the American population in the 1800's?

Overview. Americans increasingly moved into cities over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a movement motivated in large measure by industrialization.

What is the definition of urbanization in US history?

Urbanization refers to the concentration of human populations into discrete areas. This concentration leads to the transformation of land for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation purposes. It can include densely populated centers, as well as their adjacent periurban or suburban fringes (see Figure 1).