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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by foreign influence,

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the worst kind of travel bug.

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All right, how did many immigrants seek refuge from

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the sentiments expressed in the image?

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This one right here. Hmm.

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All right, and here are your potential answers.

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[ mumbles ]

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All right, well there's nothing like an anti-immigrant

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flag flying over your new homeland to really make you

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feel at home.

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So let's see which answer describes how immigrants sought refuge

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from this not-so-good ol' red, white, and blue.

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Did immigrants escape the negative sentiments expressed in the image

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A - by refusing to participate in American politics?

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Well, actually, many immigrants were roped into politics

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by party bosses promising big change but with

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few results. So get rid of A.

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Did immigrants seek refuge C - by cooperating with Native Americans?

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Well, immigrants, just like most other U.S. citizens, didn't

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cooperate particularly well with Native Americans.

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So if these new arrivals weren't interested in maintaining

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friendship treaties... Well, yeah, good-bye, C.

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Would immigrants have sought refuge D -

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by returning to their home countries?

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Well, going back home really wasn't in the financial cards

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since many immigrants lacked the resources to make

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the return voyage. Which means immigrants escaped

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the negative sentiments expressed in the image B -

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by moving into newly opened western territories.

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With anti-immigrant sentiment raging in major cities,

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many new Americans were given the chance to move west

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through legislation like the Homestead Act,

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which offered free land to those willing to settle it.

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So B is the right answer.

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For many immigrants, the wide open spaces

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of the Western territories offered a chance

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to start all over again.

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And again.

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