Which statements about immigrants in the late 1800s are true?
choose all answers that are correct. a. many immigrants had skills that allowed them to demand higher wages than american workers. b. many immigrants lacked english and job skills, forcing them to take low-paying jobs. c. most immigrants were middle class and were looking for business opportunities in the new world. d. most immigrants travelled to america as steerage passengers on steamships.

B. and D. 

Immigrants were mainly used to work in factories in terrible conditions for low-wages because they had no skill and since they had no language skills this is all that they could do - manual labor

And since they were running from their countries due to poverty, most of them could not afford best travelling conditions since they did not have enough money. Not to mention that many of them were illegaly travelling, hidden in the lower parts of the ship.