The excerpt below is a comment about the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers

–“Aspiration, Acculturation, and Impact,”

President and Fellows of Harvard College

Which sentence best paraphrases the excerpt?

1. The Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted in response to economic fears.

2. The Chinese Exclusion Act was influenced by native-born Americans’ fear of the Chinese.

3. Natural-born citizens in the US blamed Chinese immigrants for loss of jobs and lower wages.

4. Chinese workers were taking American jobs and causing wages to drop.