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Why did industrialists want very few restrictions placed on immigration during the 19th and early 20th century?
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∙ 10y ago
Businesses liked immigrants because they often provided them with cheap labour. Migrants could be hired for cheaper than citizens and they were a lot more hard working than citizens because they were desperate for the money.
However with the introduction of minimum wage laws, such thing as "cheap labour" is now illegal.
Immigrants allowed industries during the 19th century to expand their profits by means of paying less wages and gaining more production.
Polish immigrants were often recruited by farmers as farm-hands and crop harvesters, because Polish people are known for their determination for working on the land whatever the weather and hardships.
In the United Kingdom, immigrants were often also welcomed by businesses due to the lack of able-bodied men. Most of the work-ready men were probably abroad in outposts or forts serving in the military for the British Empire.
In the United States, Immigration led to the industrial revolution. It was the immigrants migrating to the United Kingdom and United States that industrialised both countries. Expanding industrialisation meant that more industries were opening, meaning they needed more workers to keep the industries running - which the immigrants provided.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoThey wanted immigrants as a source of cheap labor.
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How did the US government change immigration restrictions during the 1920s?
There were many different laws restricting immigrants from coming into America like the Emergency Immigration Act of 1924.
What was the major reason the us placed few restrictions on immigration during the 1800's?
the growing economy needed a steady supply of cheap labor
When did immagrantion first start?
July 4, 1776 is the day immigration began in the US
During which century did the year 1645 occur?
During the 17th century.
What is the new immigration of late 19th century?
During the late nineteenth century, the immigrants coming to the United States had changed. The majority were Irish and German Catholics, as opposed to the Protestants in an earlier period. In addition, new groups such as Italians, Poles, Finns, Greeks, Hungarians as Slavs begin to arrive.
Since Americas rapidly expanding industrial economy during the late 19th century depended on a continued supply of inexpensive labor?
the U.S. government maintained, with few restrictions, an open immigration policy
Why did industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?
In my view, the industrialists feared that coinage of silver would increase the money supply and thereby lower interest rates to the benefit of the debtors, such as farmers, and the detriment of the creditors, such as the industrialists.
Why did the industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?
In my view, the industrialists feared that coinage of silver would increase the money supply and thereby lower interest rates to the benefit of the debtors, such as farmers, and the detriment of the creditors, such as the industrialists.
Why did industrialists oppose the increase coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?
In my view, the industrialists feared that coinage of silver would increase the money supply and thereby lower interest rates to the benefit of the debtors, such as farmers, and the detriment of the creditors, such as the industrialists.
How did the US government change immigration restrictions during the 1920s?
There were many different laws restricting immigrants from coming into America like the Emergency Immigration Act of 1924.
Why did the US had a liberal immigration policy during 19 century?
there was great demand for labor in the us
Why did the US place few restrictions on immigration during the early 1800 s?
the growing economy needed a steady supply of cheap labor
Can you give me a sentence for immigration?
Immigration is establishing residence in a new country after leaving another location (which is emigration). Example : "Immigration to the United States included many Chinese during the late 19th century."
What was the major reason the us placed few restrictions on immigration during the 1800's?
the growing economy needed a steady supply of cheap labor
Which event in world history led to Jewish immigration from Europe to the US during the mid-twentieth century?
The Holocaust.
Why the government sided with the industrialists against labor union during the late S's?
Industrialists where paying off government officials to look the other way.
Was it true Journalists who exposed the industrialists politicians and the wealthy who exploited the masses were called mugwamps.?
No, journalists who exposed corrupt industrialists, politicians, and the wealthy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries were typically referred to as muckrakers. Mugwumps were a political faction in the late 19th century that sought to remain independent from party politics.
