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Child Labor

Children as young as 3 would go to work in the factories in lieu of going to school

Lack of Safety for Workers

Low Wages and at least a 12 Hour Work Day

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DRAINS COUNTRY OF RESOURCES

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT

PAYS POOR WAGES

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CREATES MORE JOBS

FUNDS LIBRARIES AND COLLEGES

PRACTICES PHILANTHROPY

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factories

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the city

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the country

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This law banned the Chinese from America for over 50 years as Americans felt like they were taking jobs away

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Cramped, dirty, small apartments in the cities that families had to live in

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Discriminated based on their religion!

Irish = Roman Catholics

Left Ireland due to the potato famine and religious persecution

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Americans did not like the Chinese because they were taking our jobs building the railroad and our gold!

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Only a certain amount of immigrants from each nation were allowed to enter the US every year

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Hatred of immigrants coming to America mainly due to them taking jobs from Americans

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GAVE GOVERNMENT JOBS TO FRIENDS

WORKERS NOT QUALIFIED

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HEAD OF TAMMANY HALL

NYC’S MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL MACHINE

LED CORRUPT POLITICIANS

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Ran the banking monopoly

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Ran the oil monopoly (Standard Oil)

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Ran the steel monopoly

Big philanthropist (giving to those less fortunate)

"Gospel of Wealth": the rich need to give to the poor

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“HANDS OFF”

GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH BUSINESSES

ECONOMY WORKED BETTER WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE

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moving to the city

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Completely controlled an entire industry as well as had major control over the government

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CONTROLLED POLITICAL PARTIES IN CITIES

MADE SURE THE GOVERNMENT WORKED IN THEIR FAVOR

POLITICAL BOSSES MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE

GAVE JOBS/HOUSING TO IMMIGRANTS IN EXCHANGE FOR VOTES