The Best Explanation for the End of Free Immigration in the 1920s

question 16

Multiple Choice

The best explanation for the end of free immigration in the 1920s is _____.

• A) the belated recognition that immigrants remitted large sums of money to their homelands undermining the balance of payments.
• B) the fear that America would be deluged by immigrants fleeing the war devastated economies of central and eastern Europe.
• C) the growing realization that free immigration produced a burdensome increase in welfare roles.
• D) the growing realization that free immigration undermined the incomes of blacks and women.

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