How did Americans’ opinions of the treatment of Jewish people in Europe compare to their responses to the arrival of Jewish refugees in the United States?

Many Americans were troubled by reports of persecution of Jewish people in Europe, but that concern did not translate into broad support for admitting more refugees. During the Great Depression, economic anxiety and antisemitism fueled worries that refugees would compete with Americans for jobs. Thus, choice D best describes the contrast: concern about persecution abroad alongside worries about refugees’ effect on the U.S. economy.

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