Question

The author indicates explicitly that which of the following records has been a source of information in her investigation?

• A. United States Immigration Service reports from 1914 to 1930
• B. The volume of cotton exports between 1898 and 1910
• C. The federal census of 1910
• D. Advertisements of labor recruiters appearing in southern newspapers after 1910

Answer 1

The correct option is C The federal census of 1910

C is the best answer. In lines 35-41, the author states that ten percent of the Black workers in the South were employed in “manufacturing and mechanical pursuits” and then identifies “manufacturing and mechanical pursuits” as the general federal census category for industrial occupations in 1910. Thus, she indicates that she used the federal census as a source of information in her investigation.