Compléter Urban-Rural DivideVersion en ligne Fill in the Blanks game about the growing divide between urban and rural areas in the 1920s. par Mark Masloski 1 growth urbanization political rural agrarian urban traditional 1920s Urban - Rural Divide : The rapid industrialization and of the led to a growing divide between urban and areas . Cities experienced significant and became industry , commerce , and cultural change centers . This shift caused tension between the population , which embraced modernization and a cosmopolitan lifestyle , and the rural population , which held onto more values and ways of life . The differing perspectives on social , cultural , and issues often led to clashes between these groups .