Which of the Following Was a Direct Response to Anxiety

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a direct response to anxiety over a loss of dominance by people of European descent in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• A) The expulsion of Mexican Americans from the southwestern United States
• B) Increased support for more restrictive immigration policies
• C) The closing of the frontiers to new immigrants
• D) Increased support for more immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

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Definitions:

Direct Write-off Method

A method where uncollectible accounts receivable are written off directly against income at the time they are deemed to be uncollectible.

Uncollectible Accounts

Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible by a business, representing money owed by customers that is unlikely to be paid and usually written off as an expense.

Expense Recognition Principle

An accounting guideline stating that expenses should be recorded in the same period as the revenues they help to generate.

Direct Write-off Method

An accounting method for uncollectible receivables where the specific account's balance is directly removed from accounts receivable.