Antebellum urbanization
- A
Was almost nonexistent, with Americans overwhelmingly remaining on small rural family farms during the entire period
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Saw rapid growth of cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, with attendant poverty and disease
- C
Was tightly government-controlled through federal limits on city size and migration
- D
Was confined to the South, where Charleston and New Orleans dwarfed Northern cities
Explanation
Immigration and migration from rural areas drove growth; tenements, crime, and disease became urban issues.