What Is One Major Reason an Increasing Number of Emigrants

question 138

Multiple Choice

What is one major reason an increasing number of emigrants left Europe for the United States between 1840 and 1860?

• A) Factory life in eastern American cities appealed to traditional European peasant values.
• B) Industrialization in Europe enhanced the jobs of many craft workers.
• C) Steamships and railroads were replaced by more efficient travel technologies.
• D) The Irish potato famine created many refugees who were escaping starvation.
• E) Immigrants were attracted to the idea of becoming slaveowners.

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