Question

Critics of the "New Immigration" of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries opposed a minimum wage because
A) factories would refuse to hire immigrant laborers.
B) the immigrants were generally wealthier than American citizens.
C) they believed immigrants took farmland from native-born Americans.
D) immigrants generally would work for less money than American citizens.

Answer 1

D. Immigrants would work for less money due to their status in the country. Knowing that if minimum wage were a thing they would hire less risky individuals.

Answer 2

The correct answer is d