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had a major role in moving the country toward big business industrialization. First of all, it was s population that moved from rural areas to urban settings. In 1860, eighty-three percent of was rural. In 1880, only sixty-eight percent of the population was ....

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.... location also helped it, as well as all of Ohio, ô achieve a dominant position in the early growth of the oil refining business.ö Cleveland had many rail lines that brought crude oil from western Pennsylvania and Ohio, then these rail lines distributed the finished product to other states. Finally, Clevelands location made it a major place for the development of the iron and steel industry. Iron ore was brought to Cleveland in ships owned by Clevelanders from the Lake Superior region. The water transportation was cheap, and from Cleveland the ore could be sent by train to the Mahoning Valley and other Ohio steel centers. The deve ....