THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
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Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
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Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
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Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round
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Detailed explanation-1: -Often stereotyped and discriminated against, many immigrants suffered verbal and physical abuse because they were “different.” While large-scale immigration created many social tensions, it also produced a new vitality in the cities and states in which the immigrants settled.
Detailed explanation-2: -Immigrants, as well as manufacturing enterprises, were concentrated in the rapidly growing cities of the Northeast and Midwest during the age of industrialization (Gibson and Jung 2006: 72).
Detailed explanation-3: -In the first few decades of the Great Wave, between 1840 and 1860, over 4 million people-a greater number than the entire national population in 1790-immigrated to the United States. The majority of these immigrants were from Ireland and Germany, with a significant number from Scandinavia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants? Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs.