For the Following Question,refer to the Following Map,"The Lower East

question 53

Multiple Choice

For the following question,refer to the following map,"The Lower East Side,New York City,1900." Which of the following developments or events from the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries compares most closely to the processes depicted on this map?

• A) A surge in new migration from Latin America and Asia to the South and West
• B) Migration as the focus of political,cultural,and economic debates
• C) Increasing economic inequality after 1980
• D) The passage of new immigration laws in 1965

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