Question

Which of these statements best accounts for Chinese immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?
Chinese immigrants wanted to establish their own railroads.
Chinese immigrants wanted to send money to their families.
Chinese immigrants wanted to escape religious persecution.
Chinese immigrants wanted to settle in the Pearl River Delta.

Answer 1

Chinese immigrants wanted to send money to their families.

Explanation: Most late-1800s Chinese migrants were economic sojourners who came for work (gold fields, railroads, factories) to earn wages and send remittances back to families in China. They left due to poverty and turmoil at home (e.g., in the Pearl River Delta), not to establish railroads, escape widespread religious persecution, or to settle in the Pearl River Delta.