HIST 3057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Industrial Revolution, Micron Technology, Day Labor
28 Aug 2015
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Majority of immigrants in us in late 19 century were huddled-freezing cold and nothing to protect them, homeless, cast offs of european society. Post civil war immigration was driven by demand for cheap labor workers who were willing to work for very low wage: need for cheap labor (factories, railroads, agriculture) Us was going through 2nd industrial revolution more and more of nation"s wealth being produced in mechanized factories - increase reliance on mechanized factory production - increase demand for relatively unskilled labor. 1870-much larger demand for day labor, factory job defined very ethnic terms. 1st 2nd generation immigrants- 96% of nation"s railroad labor force -by 1909 railroads build by immigrants chinese laborers-transcontinental railroads. Many others chinese went to agriculture- ca- there is transition banans of wheat farms to fruit like citrus dominated southern california-demanded a lot of labors-difficult, x mechanized.
