He became known for his virulent oratory—especially against black Americans—but also for his effectiveness as a legislator.
For the Freedmen who were unable to leave, life was merciless. With no money, home or education, many freedmen chose to return to their previous masters. Others lucky enough to leave migrated to the West, North and the North West
The right answer is A: Governmental laws, supported by Nativists, limited the number of immigrants coming into the US. This political cartoon, which appeared in <em>The Literary Digest</em> in 1921, shows a funnel extended across the Atlantic Ocean, with its wide opening in the European side, overflowed with emigrants, and its small opening in the American side, where Uncle Sam, holding a tag that reads "gate" with a "3%" tag attached to it, is allowing just a few of them to enter the country. The imagery, as well as the title of the cartoon ("The Only Way to Handle It"), are a direct reference to the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, which limited the annual number of immigrants admitted into the United States from any country to 3% of the number of residents from those countries that were already living in the U.S. as per the census of 1910.
The correct answer is that leaders had clear differences of opinion about federal and state power.