Fears that immigrants used their foreign ways to snare unsuspecting American girls into prostitution prompted the passage of what federal legislation,which prohibited bringing women into the country or transporting them across state lines for the purposes of prostitution?

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The Mann Act, also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act, was passed in 1910 and made it illegal to bring women into the country or transport them across state lines for the purposes of prostitution or any other immoral purpose. The law was primarily aimed at preventing the influx of foreign prostitutes into the United States and protecting American girls from being lured into prostitution by foreign men. The other three options listed do not pertain to this specific issue.

Fears That Immigrants Used Their Foreign Ways to Snare Unsuspecting