In the late nineteenth century,immigrants in the United States
A) were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before.
B) took up semi-skilled craft jobs.
C) avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry.
D) generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
E) settled overwhelmingly in the relatively empty Northwest.

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Many immigrants in the late nineteenth century lacked the financial resources to purchase farmland, leading them to settle in urban areas where they could find work in factories and other industries.

In the Late Nineteenth Century,immigrants in the United States