Which of the following is true of Denis Kearney?
A. He and his followers intimidated employers in San Francisco into refusing to hire people of Chinese descent.
B. He was the motivating force behind the massacre of hundreds of Chinese immigrants.
C. As a member of the San Francisco city council, he gained passage of a city ordinance prohibiting anyone of Chinese descent from living within the city limits.
D. He argued that immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon descent should not be allowed to become naturalized citizens of the United States.
Answer: A
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