WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Difficult journey to America.
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Faced discrimination
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Had high paying jobs with good working conditions
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Often lived in crowded, unsanitary tenements
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Detailed explanation-1: -Working-class and immigrant families often needed to have many family members, including women and children, work in factories to survive. The working conditions in factories were often harsh. Hours were long, typically ten to twelve hours a day. Working conditions were frequently unsafe and led to deadly accidents.
Detailed explanation-2: -The report finds that foreign-born workers are employed in a broad range of occupations-with 23 percent in managerial and professional occupations; 21 percent in technical, sales, and administrative support occupations; 21 percent in service occupations; and 18 percent working as operators, fabricators.
Detailed explanation-3: -On average, immigrants earn less than native-born workers. Nationwide, the hourly wages of immigrants are 12% lower than the hourly wages of American-born workers. In California, the wage gap is much larger (26%).