Which of the following is true of Denis Kearney?
A) He and his followers intimidated employers in San Francisco into refusing to hire people of Chinese descent.
B) He was the motivating force behind the massacre of hundreds of Chinese immigrants.
C) As a member of the San Francisco city council, he gained passage of a city ordinance prohibiting anyone of Chinese descent from living within the city limits.
D) He argued that immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon descent should not be allowed to become naturalized citizens of the United States.

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Denis Kearney was known for his leadership of the Workingmen's Party of California, which was notably anti-Chinese. He and his followers were indeed involved in activities aimed at intimidating employers into not hiring Chinese immigrants, as part of their broader anti-Chinese stance.

Which of the Following Is True of Denis Kearney