WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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their families needed money to survive
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there were no public schools
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the wages were high
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the work was easy and safe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialization attracted workers and their families from farms and rural areas into urban areas and factory work. In factories and mines, children were often preferred as employees, because owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likely to strike.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poverty is the primary reason children are sent to work. Sadly, child labor keeps children from getting the education they need to break the cycle of poverty. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), a U.N. agency, about 70% of child laborers work in agriculture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most workers labored for 6 days a week, usually 10-14 hours a day. This clearly took workers away from their homes for extended periods of time. Moreover, early factories employed men, women, and children, which further divided and took people away from their families.