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Why were immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 19th century welcomed by industrialists?

A. The immigrants voted for candidates from the local political machine
B. The immigrants found it difficult to learn English and assimilate
C. The immigrants were willing to work for lower wages than most other workers
D. The immigrants lived in ghettos with other people from the same background

Read the excerpt below. What was the most likely reason for the passing of the Chines Exclusion Act?

Be it enacted by the senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That .... the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be ...... suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinses laborer to come .... [and] to remain within the United States. -Chinses Exclusion Act, May 1882

A. Cities on the West Coast could not keep up with the growing population rate
B. American workers saw the Chinese as competition for their jobs.
C. Immigration from all countries was restricted due to oversupply of labor
D. Chinese citizens were becoming American citizens at higher rates than other immigrants

"Throughout the 19th and 20th century, immigrants came to the U.S. for one primary reason. From the Irish immigrants who poured into the industrial north in the mid-19th century to the eastern Europeans of the early 20th century and the Mexican and Latin American immigrants of the late 20th century, the American Dream has been the primary motivation." This passage explains the primary motivation for immigration as:

A. The California Gold Rush
B. Economic opportunity
C. Free education
D. Freedom of speech

Between 1870 and 1910, American immigration could be described as:

A. The number of European immigrants to the U.S. decreased
B. The number of European immigrants to the U.S. fluctuated (went up and down)
C. The number of Northern European immigrants increased
D. The number of European immigrants to the U.S. increased dramatically