Analyze the part played by immigration in transforming the urban social fabric of the United States between 1870 and 1900. Immigration transformed the …show more content…
For instance, the Irish and Chinese greatly expanded our trading capabilities and infrastructure working on the transcontinental railroad. This allowed for our economy to increase exponentially and therefore our prominence on an international stage. In addition, immigrants were the backs of the United State’s industrial revolution due to them making up the majority of factories workers and hard laborers. Because of the profound effect this revolution had on the United States by increasing the overall standard of living in the country and the power of the economy, allowing for the United States to achieve