THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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They feared the arrival of unskilled foreign workers would threaten their jobs and decrease their wages.
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They resented the high tariffs that made it difficult to export domestic products to overseas markets.
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They wanted to keep consumer demand low so that American businesses would be more vulnerable to strikes and boycotts.
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They objected to the tendencies of immigrants in the United States to vote for Republican politicians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement explains why labor unions supported immigration restrictions during the 1920s? The flood of unskilled foreign workers during the early 1900s threatened wages and jobs for American workers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The AFL–CIO believed that illegal immigrants were willing to work for less money under worse conditions than legal workers and so would drag down the wages of native workers and increase unemployment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Healthcare and education are not pull factors that encourage migration. (C is false).
Detailed explanation-4: -trade union, also called labour union, association of workers in a particular trade, industry, or company created for the purpose of securing improvements in pay, benefits, working conditions, or social and political status through collective bargaining.