Workers Seeking Better Conditions/Immigration

By,Nick Calabrese

Charlton Walzcak

Working Conditions

• Conditions for all workers deteriorated during the 1830’s

• . Skilled artisans, who had originally formed unions to preserve their own interests, began to ally them- selves with unskilled laborers

• Although only 1 or 2 percent of U.S. workers were organized, the

• !830s and 1840s saw dozens of strikes--many for higher wages, but some for a shorter workday.

Immigrations increases » European immigration rose dramatically in the United

States between 1830 and 1860. In the decade 184S-!8S4 alone nearly 3 million immigrants were added to the U.S. population that had numbered just over 20 million

• The majority of Immigrants were German and Irish men.

Child labor

• Children started at the age of 6• Children was cruel and unusual • Children were payed less than minimum wage• Children were punished by beatings if they

didn't’t work hard enough.