The Jungle: The Appeal Of Socialism
Beginning of paper
During the late 1800's and early 1900's hundreds of thousands of
European immigrants migrated to the United States of America. They had
aspirations of success, prosperity and their own conception of the American
Dream. The majority of the immigrants believed that their lives would
completely cha ....
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.... immigrants. A sweeper in slaughter house, he experienced the
horrendous conditions which laborers encountered Along with these nightmarish
working conditions, they worked for nominal wages, inflexible and long hours, in
an atmosphere where worker safety had no persuasion. Early on, there was no one
for these immigrants to turn to, so many suffered immensely. Jurgis would later
learn of worker unions and other groups to support the labor force, but the
early years of his Ame ....
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