“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” three common goals that immigrants came to America seeking with the hope of the promise of prosperity and success. However, during the Gilded Age it seemed that these were only attainable for a select few, while others left the land they knew to spend their lives toiling in pursuit of the American dream, many never understanding how unattainable it truly was. While the Gilded Age was a time of industrial boom and a growing economy, those who worked by the sweat of their brow to make the success of this period possible never actually grasped this wealth, but rather put it back into into the pockets of consumers. the rich. The Gilded Age undermined the American Dream by limiting the possibilities of the immigrant working class and thus creating a cycle of missed opportunities that prevent immigrants from progressing much further than when they arrived in America to begin with. Immigrants during this time period came to America seeking family wealth that they brought with them or to send back to their families back home. In any case, immigrants spent most of their time working in factories in the hope of a better life than the one they had given up by coming to America. However, upon their arrival the immigrants quickly realized that the home they had left was not that different from their new one. Immigrants arrived seeking the types of work that would give them freedom and independence, leaving them only to find themselves alone as part of the labor in a large factory dependent on machines, rather than their own skills. Since wages at that time were next to nothing, immigrants were forced to spend hours upon hours to earn enough money to give what little paper they needed to qualify for or use the library. And without these workers compromising their education, Carnegie would not have been able to achieve his success without low-wage skilled workers working long hours. The Gilded Age, known for its economic boom and a period of great industrialization, along with the promises of America brought immigrants from all over in search of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness through the many great opportunities that the America had to offer. However, the opportunities that America had to offer were compromised by corruption during this era, which was seen in the cities during this time. Once they entered the cycle that so many immigrant workers were stuck in, it was difficult to gain independence and truly live the American Dream, which brought these immigrants to America in the first place..