Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the united states
a.
were in first class steamship cabins.
c
were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy.
b.
allowed them to bring many belongings.
d
were spacious and inexpensive.

The second listed answer shown as option c ie "They were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy". We have to remember that many immigrants historically were fleeing their homelands because they were near starvation and desperately poor. They mostly would not have been able to pay more money for a better quality level of travel accommodation.

It is c because it shows how the author is stating their own oppinion about the protagonist