Major ways immigrants assimilated into mainstream US

             One of the major ways immigrants assimilated into mainstream US in the early 20th century was by the industry world. The industry world opened many opportunities for immigrants for a life in the U.S. not only did the workers benefited from this but also the industrial companies profited from it in many ways. Immigrants were taught how to "live" during the industrial times for example, they were taught simplified English on what they had to learn in order to survive in the factories; "Clock Work" was a famous poem/song. Ford also created schools to educate the immigrants in order to gain mass production. Ford also created the "Five Dollars Days" a profit scheme to induce ford workers. The Five largest nationality groups were the Poles, Russians, Romanians, Italians and Sicilians, and Austro-Hungarians. They were a majority of the workforce that came from the least industrialized areas of Europe. Due to World War 1, Jews were treated the worst at this time. The Jews weren't being hired and if they were to receive a job, they would be cheated in their wages; not to mention the treatment from the fellow workers and boss. During the 1930's The Mexican population exploded in the Los Angeles area. To this, the Mexicans became to distance categories of adopting the American Culture: accommodation and resistance, these also fell into the middle and working class. One of the major conflicts between the Mexicans was the "Parents vs. Daughters". It was the issues of appearance of young ladies and their disregards of young men and also their views of their parent's life style. As time passed by the population grew, the Mexicans became a major targeted consumer. More and More Mexicans started to do "American Activities" such as; go to the movies, join clubs and etc. Music also played a big role for Mexicans, at this time. Many musicians from Los Angeles were Mexicans.
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