<span>Asian immigrants were viewed as too culturally different from Americans and laws were passed to restrict their numbers.
</span>The quote relates to American society's reaction to the immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s because Asian immigrants were viewed as too culturally different from Americans and laws were passed to restrict their numbers. An example of this is the numerous acts passed in order to restrict the numbers of Chinese immigrants in the United States.
It formed part of what we now consider the enlightment period in history
Michigan William Hull would be my answer. :)
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "share new inventions; spread languages; exchange new ideas." Trade and commerce between civilizations helped to share new inventions; spread languages; <span>exchange new ideas</span>