URGENT Refer to the passage.
Which of the following conditions best accounts for the
migration pattern to the United States described in the
passage?
"It was not until 1841 that the great flow of emigrants
began in the direction of New Zealand and Australia.
The emigrants of 1832 chiefly went to Canada, and as
yet the United States were practically unaffected by
the rush.
The population of the great towns has for the most
part doubled itself in the last fifty years. London had
then a million and a half; Liverpool, 200,000;
Manchester, 250,000; Glasgow, 250,000; Birmingham,
150,000; Leeds, 140,000; and Bristol, 120,000.
The United States was entrenched in a sectional
crisis over slavery.
O The United States was relatively unindustrialized
and economically weak.
The United States was committed to the immigration
ban on the British after the War of 1812.
The United States was largely concerned about
British recolonization of the original 13 colonies.
Penal settlements were still flourishing. Between 1825
and 1840, when they were suppressed, 48,712
convicts were sent out to Sydney. As regards
travelling, the fastest rate along the high roads was ten
miles an hour. There were 54 four-horse mail coaches
in England, and 49 two-horse mails. In Ireland there
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