Question

Select all that apply.

Mark three factors that drew rural people to the cities.

higher wages, or money
to join the Ku Klux Klan
greater opportunities for advancement in society
cities were centers of entertainment, trends and popular lifestyles
to defend traditional values and ideas

Answer 1

The three answers are:

1.higher wages, or money

2.greater opportunities for advancement in society

3.cities were centers of entertainment, trends and popular lifestyles

Answer 2

The correct answer are the following:

• higher wages, or money . Cities offered jobs in both the industrial and services sectors, where higher wages were paid that in agricultoral works which started to be scarce (less people was needed than available and wages kept on decreasing), but were still the predominant type of jobs in the countryside.
• greater opportunities for advancement in society. Cities were the place where the so-called American dream could be achieved, where finding new and better jobs was possible and that would help upward social mobility.
• cities were centers of entertainment, trends and popular lifestyles, places where culture was both produced and transmitted and where universities were located, attracting the human capital and the young talented generations.