Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Foreign Immigration in the West

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes foreign immigration in the West in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?

• A) Immigration was uncommon in the West because immigrants needed to pass through eastern cities such as New York and could not afford to make the journey all the way across the country.
• B) Chinese and Mexican immigrants traveled to the western United States in the largest numbers, with immigration from northern Europe having largely occurred in previous centuries.
• C) Foreign immigration to the West plummeted to low levels after the Civil War because most settlements had been destroyed by the war and would need to be rebuilt.
• D) While there were many immigrants in the West, different nationalities tended to settle in regions so far apart from one another that intermingling was rare and their cultures remained untouched.
• E) Although immigrants formed a large part of the population in the West, discrimination was still pervasive, such as the denial of citizenship rights to Chinese immigrants.

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