Question

look at this sentence: during the industrial revolution, the urban population exploded in the united states as people left rural areas and increasingly settled in cities for manufacturing jobs. select the definition of settle that the sentence uses. settle /set-/ verb settling, settled 1. to come to rest: the crow settled on a branch of the large maple tree. 2. to come down and spread over an area: fog settled over the valley floor below. 3. to sink to the bottom: sediment slowly settled to the bottom of the lake. 4. to establish a new residence: my great - grandfathers family settled in maryland when they immigrated to the u.s. - from old english (setlan)

Explanation:

In the sentence "During the Industrial Revolution, the urban population exploded in the United States as people left rural areas and increasingly settled in cities for manufacturing jobs", the word "settled" means to establish a new residence. This aligns with the definition "to establish a new residence" among the given options for the verb "settle".

Answer:

1. to establish a new residence