17. which statement is not true when discussing the women's christian temperance union?
a. there were some radical and violent members
b. they believed alcohol was responsible for unemployment, crime, and broken homes
c. they wanted alcohol outlawed
they never achieved federal legislation

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.

this statement is   true