Immigration During The Gilded Age
Immigration During the Gilded Age Immigrants during the Gilded Age faced discrimination and horrible treatment socially, economically and politically. Immigrants were shunned by the public because of nativists, unfair laws and the refusal of jobs. The immigrants were a large part of the factory work force, were a key component in the Transcontinental Railroad and made America into the super power that it is today. Immigrants influenced politics in powerful ways. Immigrants were unfairly treated in social, economic, and political ways, but built the United States of America.
Social tensions grew between Americans and the new immigrants moving into America. The new immigrants were denied jobs due to their race or religion. Nativism grew creating