Why were people who had jobs in the colonies living in poverty?
a. Wages were high enough but the prices for goods and services were also extremely high.
b. Poorhouses provided better conditions to live in than people could buy with the wages they earned so people did not work.
c. Colonists were required to work on "poor farms" to feed the poor of the colony, thus cutting down on the time they could work at paying jobs.
d. Due to influxes of new immigrants, the competition for jobs allowed employers to keep wages low.
D Correct Answer: Due to influxes of new immigrants, the competition for jobs allowed employers to keep wages low.
Feedback for Correct Answer: A continuing flow of immigrants exacerbated the problems of the poor by increasing competition for jobs; this allowed employers to keep wages low or even reduce them. Schwarz (2000) quotes social reformer Joseph Tuckerman explaining that wages in 1830 were so low "because the number of laborers [was] essentially greater than the demand for them" (p. 17).
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