Title: Why Did Immigrants Join Factories in the Late 1800s Through 1920s? | The Classroom
Headings: Why Did Immigrants Join Factories in the Late 1800s Through 1920s?
Why Did Immigrants Join Factories in the Late 1800s Through 1920s?
Job Demand
Cheap Labor
Financial Assistance
Family Workforce

Content: How hard would the situation be and what job would you be qualified for? Immigrants traveling to America in the late 1800s and early 1900 faced the exact same situation. They immigrated with hopes of religious freedom, democracy, equality and economic prosperity. America was booming with new industries and large-scale factories that needed competent workers. Some immigrants accepted jobs at factories because they had skills that were useful to industry developers and factory owners. Most became factory workers because they needed money for food and necessities as they settled into their new lives in America. Job Demand
Industries flourished from the late 1800s into the 1920s, so business owners needed reliable laborers who were willing to work 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week. These employers needed an intense and expansive labor force to fill these jobs in industrial fields like construction projects, merchandise production lines, millwork, textile factories and steel mills. Immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy and other European countries poured into the United States searching for employment. It was a good fit as factory job demand was high and immigrants needed work.