In the late 1800s, the population of cities declined as more and more people moved to the plains to start farms. Is this statement True or FalseA. True

b. False

The correct answer is - b. False.

In the late 1800's it was the period when the industrial revolution was at its peak and people were actually not moving towards the villages but towards the cities were the industrial facilities were developing, so the population of the cities was rapidly growing, and the populations in the countryside were quickly diminishing. There were also some interesting cases were some small towns of villages that had the resources needed for a certain type of industry, grew into very large cities in just few years, like the example with Birmingham in England that had a big amounts of coal nearby.