10. Factors encouraging the influx of new immigrants during the Gilded Age include all of the following EXCEPT...

A. Political freedom.
B. Economic opportunity.
C. Avoiding involvement in European wars.
D. Religious freedom.

How did the construction of the erie canal improve transportation in the united states in the 1820s? a. the canal connected the great lakes to the mississippi river. b. the canal connected the great lakes to the ohio river. c. the canal connected the atlantic and pacific oceans. d. the canal connected the great lakes to the atlantic ocean.