Which best describes the changes in the south with the onset and growth of industrialization? Question 14 options: Southern states were seeing a major decline in rural population as people moved to cities in New England The use of the cotton gin saw the decreased need for enslaved people and a rise in the urban population and in industrialization of southern cities Was primarily rural and agricultural with slow growth of urban centers and little growth of industrialization. Was dramatically changing with growth of major urban centers and increasing industrialization.