In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States ____________________. a) settled overwhelmingly in the relativel
y empty Northwest b) took up semi-skilled craft jobs c) generally lacked the capital to buy farmland d) avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry e) were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before
In 1915, The Atlantic Monthly carried an essay by Du Bois, "The African Roots of the War", which consolidated Du Bois's ideas on capitalism and race. In it, he argued that the scramble for Africa was at the root of World War I.
