and monson was not alone. many rural places throughout the united states were confronting the same problem. some rural people were moving west, into the far west or midwest, in search of better farmland, so rural people moving to new rural areas. but others were leaving rural life entirely. this was a trend that gained steam in the 1840's and never stopped. you are looking here at census data from the u.s. census bureau. this data shows us some important things about american life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. i want to get your thoughts about what stands out in this census information. what's noteworthy? who has some comments about what this shows us about american life? yes. please. >> there is a very direct linear trend that as more people move from rural to urban, every 10 years it seems to be twofold. prof. witmer: excellent, thank you. yes. >> so, the trend that i noticed is that it actually starts to show the industrial revolution in the united states, so it kind of shows the increase of a middl

we hear about how the rural areas evolved after the civil war using monson, maine as a case study. tourism at the rise of aided by the expansion of the railroads. "reel p.m. eastern on a look at presidential biographies including washington, truman, and eisenhower. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. >> good morning. my name is jonathan white and i am vice chair of the lincoln forum. our next speaker is elizabeth r. varon. varon is associate director of the center for civil war

and light on sunday monson shell could come away with a point a in a lackluster encounter where but side's weiss did their chances in one of the best opportunities of the match mine says robin flies on so his shot from close range denied by the crust light in the 2nd half full so a touch from the cape of a and in injury time shelf has us our international western mckenney head of the corner agonizingly wide of the net inside the game in the golds. wolfram is kind of festivities are on the awake a-y. in rio the highlight is a spectacular parade where the city's many dance schools compete for the title of kind of all champion but this year the preparations are being overshadowed by a fierce dispute that's partly village just and partly about identity. it's a dress rehearsal for deborra a flag bearer of the monkey era somebody school. one week before she and her troops arrive for the title at the rio carnival. is brazil's most famous somebody's school and the defending champion but a bitter clash over monk era's theme this year is overshadowing preparations for the world famous parade. it cen

stable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of a back on their environment than traditional monson 3 days. before moving into one of the new brick houses there's only sibila come economic spent 6 years living in a metal shack now he has a proper home he has to pay more rent for the new house but he thinks it's well worth it. actually our mound very very very happy because if you're staying in the shack is not like a stinging nettle shake his leg. in a place to be like is a human being actually just laying there on me so you feel more confident when everything like check is no better building rubble is a major environmental problem in parts of johannesburg many companies just dump their ways to legally to avoid paying disposal fields that are bordered on to mississippi a so much that she founded a startup to recycle the west rather than seed hyla in honey but a lot of people do it waste removal right they call it ways and then they call it but then we actually take responsibility over where the waste ends up be they have been shared roads with the waste we compost it we also send it

authours were preparing for possible reprisal attacks now this is not to say that the accident in monson was indeed an attack at this point police are still trying to find out exactly what happened and whether the drive intentionally drove into that crowd but of course police presence is always increased a little bit around convolve quite a large crowds on the streets but usually this of course is a time of celebration which many germans particularly in western parts of the country will be out enjoying today and of course that's very much not the case right now in folk miles and kate brady thank you. just on the corona virus the outbreak and it has prompted china's national people's congress to postpone its annual 10 day meeting for the 1st time in decades this comes after chinese authorities reported 150 coded 19 deaths in a single day pushing the total number of fatalities in the country to almost $2600.00 south korea has raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level after more than $160.00 new cases were reported. iran's confirmed death toll now stands at 12 the highest num

into a german festival injuring several people the incident happened in the western town of folks monson children said to be amongst the injured the driver arrested. also on the program china's annual national people's congress postponed for the 1st time in decades because of the coronavirus and italian authorities impose tougher measures the 7 deaths and the dramatic rise of infections making to europe's frontline in the battle against the disease. the indian prime minister. welcomes u.s. presidents trump close their drafts of rally. because he is an opportunity to. welcome to the program we start here in germany where car has been driven into a crowd of ravenous celebrating carnival the incident happened in the town of folks moss in the state of at least 10 people have been injured the drivers not in custody police have not counseled further economy. now this comes. after the mass shooting in the same state in which 10 people were killed. straight to d.w. correspondent kate brady here in baghdad welcome what more can you tell us. well so often as you say we know that at least 10 people

election have turned their attention to nevada and south carolina following the new hampshire primary monson or bernie sanders narrowly beat people to its edge on tuesday while senator amy klobuchar surged into 3rd place elizabeth warren came in 4th and former vice president joe biden trailed and 5th the next votes in the state by state battle will take place later this month former l.a. lakers basketball star kobe bryant and his daughter giana have been buried as certificates reveal the 2 were laid to rest on friday they were among 9 people who died when their helicopter went down near los angeles 2 weeks ago a public memorial scheduled for february 24th are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera for news to come and the mean time inside story as that next. saddam's transitional government and rebels have agreed to hundreds of those wanted atrocities in the darfur conflict so does this mean formally the i'll be she will be sent to the international criminal court in the hague this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm mr now one of the international criminal courts m

we hear about how the rural areas evolved after the civil war using monson, maine as a case study. tourism at the rise of aided by the expansion of the railroads. "reel p.m. eastern on a look at presidential biographies including washington, truman, and eisenhower. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. >> good morning. my name is jonathan white and i am vice chair of the lincoln forum. our next speaker is elizabeth r. varon. varon is associate director of historyer for civil war at the university of virginia. she is the author of five books that probe important issues related to the sectional conflict from the american revolution to the civil war. "the trueful graffiti story of elizabeth van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy" was published in three prizes. today, she will speak to us about her new book "armies of deliverance: a new history of the civil war," which was bylished earlier this year oxford. a review by some guy named harold holzer -- maybe some of you have heard of him -- called this a highly interesting new study. i am so glad we could

using his own hometown of monson, maine as a case study, he examines rural industry, such as slate miningand the rise of country tourism aided by the expansion of railroad networks. prof. witmer: good afternoon. welcome to this class. our topic today is small-town maine and the world.

and the little2, monson in central maine has a big problem.e town has bounced back from a fire downtown, destroying many of the buildings in