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Causes of Industrialization

job oppertinities

more resouces

new inventions

Robber Barons

Rockfeller - Oil

Carnegie - Steel

Vanderbilt - Shipping/railroads

Morgan - Banks

Inventions and their impact

telephone - allowed further and faster communication

electric light - allowed workers to work later into the night while still being able to see.

Reasons for immigration

"Push factors"

Prosecution

Racism

"Pull factors"

Freedom

Freedom

Ellis Island and Angel Island

these were immigration centers where immigrants were processesed before being allowed into America.

Living conditions in cities

Unsanitary

Unsafe

Working conditions in factories

Also unsanitary

Also unsafe

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