Greece and Syria. They came to America to find work in the new mining town. christened Anaconda. By 1900. immigrants made up 40 percent of Anacondas population. These new Americans formed the backbone of the mining economy. And their descendants have woven the colorful fabric of Montana. Immigrants helped build the American economy. In the 1850s. hundreds of thousands of young Chinese men helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad. At the beginning in the 1870s. Basque shepherd immigrants helped shape the western ranching economy. Beginning in the 1890s. hundreds of thousands of Norwegian farmers lay the foundations of a competitive farming economy in Wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota. and the Dakota territories. And in the first decades of the 20th century. more than 100.000 Jewish immigrants created New York Citys famous garment industry. Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovators revolutionized the American economy. Scotsman industrialist Andrew Carnegie transformed the American steel industry and consolidated the Nations railroads. Hungarian Joseph Pulitzer produced a legacy in newsprint.
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