Industrialization Skyrocketed During The Gilded Age

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Industrialization skyrocketed during The Gilded Age. People became millionaires, monopolies arose, and many jobs were created as a result. However, because there were no regulations, workers were exploited by monopolists. Political Machines took advantage of immigrants by bribing their votes in exchange for helping them assimilate into American culture, Americanizing them. Americanization is the process to assimilate immigrants into American culture. Immigrants and children were a source of cheap labor for industrialists and were forced to work long hours, in poor conditions, and for little pay. Assembly Lines, created by Henry Ford, were used to speed up production and allowed the use of unskilled workers. There was a Laissez-faire economy;

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