Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape
a. political oppression.
b. famine.
c. the political disintegration of their country.
d. the military draft.
e. the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy.
Question 2
On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
a. the Alien and Sedition Acts.
b. the charter of the National Bank.
c. the excise tax on whiskey.
d. the funding and assumption of the national debt.
e. money to fund the naval build-up.
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