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What conclusion can be drawn using information from the following graphic that shows principal origins of European immigrants to the United States?

Illustration shows European immigrants drawn to scale of their respective representation by nationality in the United States in 1920. They are shown largest to smallest starting with Germany, which had 1,683,298 residents in the United States in 1920. The smallest figure to the right represents 103,007 Romanian residents. From left to right the countries are Germany, Italy, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland all with a million or more U.S. residents in 1920. After Ireland are Sweden, Austria, Mexico, Hungary, Norway, Denmark, Greece, France, Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Asia, a continent, and Romania.
© Bridgeman Art Library / Universal Images Group / Image Quest 2016

Immigration of Eastern Europeans was greater than Western European immigration.
Italian and German migrants composed the majority of European-born people in the United States in 1920.
Most French immigrants arrived by way of Canada.
The number of Mexican-born citizens living in the United States was at its highest in 1920.
British and Russian migration to the United States grew at approximately the same rate.

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Answer:

Italian and German migrants composed the majority of European-born people in the United States in 1920.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the correct answer because we do not have enough information to support other claims.

First claim is wrong, because most of the countries in here are from Western, not Eastern Europe.

We cannot know from here where did the French immigrants came from.

The same goes for Mexican-born citizens, as we don't have comparative data.

And it also goes for last claim, as we don't have comparison between this two states.

Second option is the only the one that is supported with clear data. Germany had the most immigrants, and Italy is straight behind them on the chart.

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