Which of the Following Statements About Nineteenth-Century Chinese Immigrants to the United

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?

• A) Unlike Europeans, Chinese immigrants were too poor to send letters or money home to relatives.
• B) After the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, most Chinese immigrants were unable to find additional work and returned to China.
• C) Chinese immigrants rarely worked in western mines after the Civil War, thanks to Anglo resentment and the lack of demand for cheap labor.
• D) By 1880, three-fourths of Chinese immigrants lived in California, where many worked on farms.
• E) Most women migrated east via the transcontinental railroad to work as domestics.

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