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Which of the following statements best represents a nativist attitude toward the influx of immigrants around 1900?
- Slavs and Italians will be assimilated as easily into the American way of life as were earlier immigrant groups.
- Ellis Island should be enlarged to accommodate the huge influx of immigrants.
- Immigrants will work for low wages and break strikes, thereby hurting all American workers.
- Native-born Americans should organize to help find jobs and homes for new immigrants so that they can become citizens as quickly as possible. (E)
- Political machines in the large cities should be responsible for providing immigrants with food, shelter, and jobs in return for their votes.