Question

The following quotation is from a 1905 News

"The Japanese are far more dangerous to us than the Chinese. It is my firm belief that an exclusion act, even more stringent than the present one, should be passed in the matter of the Japanese immigrants. . The Chinese are

dangerous enough, but the Japanese would drive all competition out of business. "


Which of these do the mayor's comments foreshadow? (3 points)

the Great Migration

the Chinese Exclusion Act

the Gentlemen's Agreement

the Immigration Act of 1924

Answer 1

The event from the given quotation which the mayor's comments foreshadow is the Immigration Act of 1924.

What is Foreshadowing?

This refers to the literary element which gives hints or clues about future events by the use of predictions.

Hence, we can note that from the mayor's comments, he talked about restricting the Japanese because they were dangerous and would drive off all competition in the market and also mentioned the Chinese.

With this in mind, we can note that the Immigration Act of 1924 was one that was later passed that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas for people coming from Asia.

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