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After the Civil War, American cities grew at an incredible rate as a result of three factors: industrialization, immigration and migration. In this lesson, students will learn about this rapid urbanization of the United States, what city life was like at this time, the cultural norms of the Gilded Age and how this period led to the Progressive Era.