In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States

A. took up semi-skilled craft jobs.

B. avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry.

C. settled overwhelmingly in the relatively empty Northwest.

D. generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.

E. were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before.


D

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