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* Factory wages were higher in the United States than in other countries
* Factory wages were higher in the United States than in other countries
* higher wages in the U.S. were a primary migration "pull" factor
** many, up to half, even, of the immigrants who came to the U.S. planned to make money to send back to their families in their home countries, then return
* U.S. states regulated factory conditions more closely than did other nations
* U.S. states regulated factory conditions more closely than did other nations