Congress repealed the contract labor act in 1885 so that

all immigration would be put on hold.

asian people would not be able to become citizens.

foreign workers could not travel to the u. s. to work at the expense of factory owners.

to keep people from mexico from crossing the border.

Me! these questions are based on american people in the south essential questions: question 1: for what reasons will one group of people exploit another?focus questions: question 1: what influenced the development of the south more: geography, economy, or slavery?question 2: what were the economic, political and social arguments for and againsts slavery in the first half of the 19th century.