The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.
After reading the opinion of the mayor of San Francisco in 1901, what do his words reveal about the time period in general?
After reading his opinions about immigration -specifically, Chinese immigration- we can say that at that time, the United States did not support immigration, opposed Chinese immigration, and expressed racist comments.
We are talking about the article written by James D. Phelan, the Mayor of the city of San Francisco, California, in 1901. The title of the article was "Why the Chinese Should Be Excluded."
