The evidence that shows that economics was a major motivation for immigration was found in the __________
a. occupations of the immigrants
b. kinds of labor needed in the United States
c. peaks in immigration that correspond to times of economic prosperity
d. wages paid to immigrants
e. forms that immigrants filled out when they reached Ellis Island
C
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