Immigration policy in the 1920s
A) caused the largest surge of immigration since the early 1900s.
B) targeted the Chinese and was passed in response to a backlash against Chinese immigrant labor used to build the railroads.
C) abandoned the national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans.
D) imposed a national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans.
E) barred immigration of Hispanics.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
When a farmer ______, the earth’s biodiversity is reduced.
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