WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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They lived in decent housing.
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They were paid very little money.
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They could easily make more money by switching jobs.
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They only worked 3-4 days a week.
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Even children were used as workers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gilded Age industrial workforce was easy to vilify as it was composed of African Americans and immigrants. From 1865-1918, 27.5 million immigrants poured into the United States, many aspiring to the opportunities afforded by the nation’s economic successes.
Detailed explanation-2: –Between 1870 and 1900, the United States experienced a period of economic and industrial growth, increased political involvement, immigration, and social reform known as the “Gilded Age."
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gilded Age was characterized by an unusually rapid growth of railroads, small factories, banks, stores, mines and other family-owned enterprises, together with the start of millions of new farms, especially in the prairie region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Employees were not entitled to vacation, sick leave, unemployment compensation, or reimbursement for injuries suffered on the job. Yet injuries were common. In dirty, poorly ventilated factories, workers had to perform repetitive, mind-dulling tasks, sometimes with dangerous or faulty equipment.