Asked by krmnf

Look at the following filmstrip.

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Which caption best fits this film of immigrants in the early 1800s?

Wealthy New York aristocrats are embarking on a sight-seeing tour.

Hopeful German immigrants are ready to begin a new life in America.

Captured Irish peasants are forced to live in New York.

Joyous Americans returning from the west with tales of adventure.

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Hopeful German immigrants are ready to begin a new life in America.

Reason: the people are shown as emigrants carrying personal bundles and looking like families starting fresh—typical of mid‑1800s German immigration—rather than wealthy sightseers, captives, or Americans returning from the West.