CLEP US History II

Answer: D - The period between 1900 and 1920 saw the highest stream of European immigration to the United States since before the Civil War, and many of the immigrants settled in America’s urban centers. Numerous jobs required few if any specialized skills and limited English-speaking ability, and they were the best job opportunities for recent immigrants. Also, the ships that carried immigrants to the United States docked in urban ports, making those cities convenient final destinations for new residents. As a result, emigrants from the same nation would occupy single neighborhoods in a city, creating hospitable sub-communities in an otherwise new world.