How did immigrants contribute to the economy of the United states?

Answer 1

The immigrants who came to the United States in the great wave of Immigration between 1880 and 1914 contributed to the industrial, mercantile and territorial growth of the economy. Many immigrants settled in rural areas of the western states and became farmers, increasing the country's available resources. Others became part of the huge cheap labor force that enabled the United States to become one the world's biggest producers of Natural Resources like iron and coal. Immigrants who stayed in the cities where they had arrived or moved to other cities worked in factories for low wages, which enabled the U.S. to become the world's leader in manufacturer of clothing and other goods. Wherever immigrants went to work, some of them would open stores to serve the immigrant population; some of these stores later become nationally known department stores. Immigrants even created industries of their own: nearly all of the early movie producers were immigrants. Immigrants also created a greater demand for the goods that they produced.