WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Women and children had to become wage earners
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Women and children became business owners
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Women and children became more educated
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Women and children became leaders of organized labor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Children were put to work in the Gilded Age due to the low cost of their labor, their ability to repair intricate components of machinery in factories due to their small hand size, and they were much less likely to unionize than adult workers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The new groups arriving by the boatload in the Gilded Age were characterized by few of these traits. Their nationalities included Greek, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Serb, Russian, Croat, and others. Until cut off by federal decree, Japanese and Chinese settlers relocated to the American West Coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compared to today, workers were extremely vulnerable during the Gilded Age. As workers moved away from farm work to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and health risks. Children and women worked in factories and generally received lower pay than men.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity.