After slavery was abolished, rather than pay higher wages to freedmen (former slaves), wealthy landowners and investors claimed that their "labor shortage" could be solved by bringing in destitute and hungry ________
A) Chinese
B) Europeans
C) Japanese
D) Americans
E) Mexicans
Answer: A
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