Question

How did the U.S. respond to the refugee ship St. Louis arriving at a U.S. port?

A - Children were brought on shore and offered amnesty, but parents were sent back.

B - Only about half the refugees had the appropriate paperwork and were admitted through U.S. Immigration.

C - The entire ship was sent back to Europe after making it to the U.S. after crossing the Atlantic.

D - The entire ship was admitted to U.S. Immigration, though many refugees chose to stay in Cuba.

I am feeling like it is B but could be A - please help!!

Answer 1

C. It ws a ship loaded with Jewish refugees fleeing from the Nazis many of which later ended up in Auschwitz.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C. The United States responded to the arrival of the refugee ship St. Louis by sending the entire ship back to Europe.

Explanation:

The MS Saint Louis was a German transatlantic, owned by the shipping company Hamburg America Line, which, in 1939, headed by Gustav Schroeder tried to find a home for more than 900 German Jewish refugees.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to receive a portion of the passengers, but the vehement opposition of Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the Democrats of the South prevented it, even threatening Roosevelt with withdrawing support in the elections of 1940 that were coming.

On June 4, the United States government prohibited Saint Louis, who was waiting for a response anchored between Florida and Cuba, to enter US territory.