Base your answer to the following on the legislation below and on your knowledge of U.S. History.
That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.
— Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to:
A
economic and race-based opposition to immigrants in the western United States
B
demands by businesses for additional workers
C
efforts of the American Federation of Labor to recruit skilled workers
D
pressure from railroads to limit competition in shipping
