Industrial capitalism led business owners to exploit immigrant labor.

Industrial capitalism enabled the exploitation of immigrants and saw them to be the source of cheap labor.

Explanation:

Many capitalistic economies like Europe saw the migrants to be the form of rich labor source and engaged them in the construction of transcontinental railroads and mining industries. Slave labor was also prevalent which many immigrants were absorbed to be the indentured labor.

During the mid nineteenth century many Chinese also immigrated to Us in search of better livelihood. Capitalistic economies relied mostly on violence, oppression and subjugation of laborers. Many Europeans in millions migrated to US and other countries such as Australia, Canada , New Zealand , Argentina and Brazil.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.