In the mid-1800s, what were the primary reasons that many people from Ireland and Germany immigrated to the United States?

They were recruited by Southern plantation owners to replace enslaved workers.

They were escaping severe food shortages and political turmoil in their homelands.

They were offered free land and farming equipment by the U.S. government.

They were seeking to establish their own separate religious communities in the West.

What was a major source of conflict between native-born Americans and new immigrants in Northern cities during the mid-1800s?

Economic anxiety over competition for factory employment.

Disputes over where new canals and railroads should be built.

Arguments about the nation's foreign policy toward Europe.

Debates over the expansion of slavery into new territories.

On large cotton plantations in the South.

In the growing industrial cities of the North.

In western territories to become ranchers.

In small fishing villages along the Pacific coast.

Agricultural production in New England.

Immigration from Europe to fill a demand for labor.

Trade partnerships with Southern states for manufactured goods.

Government programs to train skilled workers.

"Immigrants should be given the best jobs to help them succeed."

"The arrival of foreigners is a threat to our country's way of life."

"We should welcome people from all nations to enrich our culture."

"Factory owners must pay all workers, native or immigrant, the same wage."