Question 5

select the statement that most likely would have been made by an immigrant who traveled to america as part of the contract labor act.

there are no factories in europe; america will be a better place for finding work.

instead of going hungry from the famine, let's take what's left and go to america.

i can take my family's money and start a business in america.

i can be a landowner in america.

The correct answer is B)  Instead of going hungry from the famine, let's take what's left and go to America.

The statement that most likely would have been made by an immigrant who traveled to America as part of the Contract Labor Act is "Instead of going hungry from the famine, let's take what's left and go to America."

The Contract Labor Act or Alien Contract Labor Law was passed in 1885. It strictly prohibited American companies or individuals to offer labor contracts to immigrants, especially Asian ones. At that time, it was common to offer immigrants jobs but this was detrimental to white Americans. Those jobs offered to immigrants were low paid jobs, and white Americans thought that immigrants took their jobs.