SAT US History Practice Question
All of the following are reasons for the anti-immigrant sentiment that resulted in the quota system of the 1920s EXCEPT
- A.the demand for unskilled labor in American factories decreased as World War I ended.
- B.many Americans perceived that anarchists and socialists were immigrating from Europe and contributing to social unrest in the United States.
- C.racist ideas that held Jews, Slavs, and Italians as inferior gained credence in the United States.
- D.some Protestants feared that the United States would change for the worse because of the influx of Catholics and Jews.
- E.immigrants often took positions as indentured servants, which undermined the earning potential of American wage workers.
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