History A-Level
Migration and industrial expansion
What Migration and industrial expansion means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Migration to urban and industrial centres, especially on the West Coast and in the North, reshaped population patterns, while new industries such as aircraft, shipbuilding, synthetic rubber and electronics expanded rapidly.
Topics that use Migration and industrial expansion
- Paper 2, Option 2H.1: The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery - 3 Impact of the New Deal and the Second World War on the USA to 1945 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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