A．Because they got unemployed in the Industrial Revolution．
B．Because they could get land to farm there．
C．Because they suffered from political refuge．
D．Because they suffered from famine．
参考答案A
解析:
After the early period of settlement，the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830s and 1840s．(23)This brought craft people Who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution from northern Europeto America．and then a great number of Irish people Who fled from famine．GeYinan political refugees arrived shortly after that．Many immigrants from northern and western Europe settled on farms in the Middle West．The Irish became construction labors on roads．bridges and railroads．In the l880s，a tremendous tide of immigrants began to come in．This argely from southern and eastern Europe．To most Americans，the senew comers seemed far stranger than the early settlers．Their languages，customs and ways of life were very different from those of Americans．The newcomers moved into the poorest neighborhoods of the large cities．They tended to stay together and cling to their old ways．(24)As they were accustomed to poverty，they were willing to work for very low Wages．This made other workers．especially those in labor unions afraid that the immigrants would thus lower wage levels and take jobs away from them．Indeed，organized labors became one of the chief opponents of continued immigration．This opposition finally led to the passing of immigration lawsin the 1920s Which restricted further immigration．In 1965，these unfair laws were replaced by(25)a newim migration act Which granted equal opportunity to foreigners regardless of the place or origin．Asians，like Koreans and Vieamese．then began to arrive．Many of these newcomers have worked very hard to establish themselves in their new land．
Why did the northern European craft people move to America?
A.【精解】文章开头指出，工业革命时期，手工艺人失业导致他们搬迁到美国。因此，答案为A.