Question

At the turn of the twentieth century, a sweatshop was

Answer 1

A sweatshop is a type of factory which was usually worked in by lower-class immigrants, who were paid very little. Sweatshops were likely to be unsanitary and dangerous, and were usually breaking the law with either what they were manufacturing, or the working conditions that employees had to endure.

Answer 2

The exploitation factories were factories that usually hired children, immigrants and pregnant women, these factories were characterized by their long working hours, paying very low wages, having very poor working conditions and not respecting labor regulations. These types of factories caused great damage to their workers, they only changed with the appearance of the organized labor movement.