Why did many Americans support the event in the headline? DAILY NEWS 1886
May 6, 1886
Chinese Exclusion Act
passed; immigrants
sent home
O A. They worried that the nation was expanding too slowly to take in
more people.
B. They believed that foreign workers had specialized skills that
would displace them.
O C. They hoped that an unrestricted immigration policy would
encourage job growth.
OD. They feared that immigrants would take all of the available jobs.