Which statement BEST explains the role of immigrants in the United States during western expansion from the late 1800s to early 1900s?
A) The west had become overpopulated, so immigrants moved to the east coast.
B) The U. S. government forced immigrants to move west of the Mississippi River.
C) They often had farming experience, so they settled in the Great Plains area.
D) They were the only people who wanted to settle in the western United States.

Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh ... due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century. ... of the United States collided as white people moved farther west in search of ... had been given the opportunity to become American citizens at the end of the ...

Explanation: or

As white Americans pushed west, they not only collided with Native American tribes ... Chinese immigrants arrived en masse during the California Gold Rush and ... in the hundreds of thousands by the late 1800s; the majority lived in California, ... The initial arrival of Chinese immigrants to the United States began as a slow

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