Question
Hon. William Williams, Commissioner at New York, says in
his report: TThe present laws do not reach a large body of
immigrants who, while not of this class, are yet generally
undesirable, because unintelligent, of loW vitality, of poor
physique, able to perform only the cheapest kind of
manual labor, desirous of locating almost exclusively in the
Cities, by their competition tending to reduce the standard
of living of the American wageworker, and unfitted
mentally or morally for good citizenship. Their coming
has been of benefit chiefly, if not only, to the transportation
Companies which brought them here."
OA. Late 19th-century immigration quotas encouraged competition
and job growth.
OB. Rising immigration spurred a backlash of nativism in the late
1800s.
OC. Push and pull factors induced a rise in immigration in the 19th
century.
OD. Americanization efforts led to the organization of labor unions in
the late 1800s.
Answer
OB. Rising immigration spurred a backlash of nativism in the late 1800s.