Which of the following nineteenth-century processes most directly contributed to the migration of Indian laborers to Fiji as described in the passage?
A. Indian merchants acted as brokers and middlemen for European East India Companies.
B. Colonial states in Asia and the Pacific light on coerced labor to work on plantations.
C. Prior to the abolition of the slave trade, Indian slaves were exported to the islands in the Pacific ocean and the Indian Ocean.
D. Indo Muslim traders spread Islam to the islands of SouthEast Asia.

The  nineteenth-century processes most directly contributed to the migration of Indian laborers to Fiji as described in the passage is that Colonial stated in Asia and the Pacific relied on coerced labor to work on plantations.

There was non European colonial power that was known to have ruled over a large stretch of the Pacific in the first half of the twentieth century. it is known as Japanese imperialism

In the beginning of the 20th century, China was known to still be a subject to a lot of European imperialisms, but Japan was said to be an imperialist power that conquered Greater East Asia. Indian laborers were used as slaves to work in plantations.

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I believe the answer is:

The migrants worked in the fruit picking industries

The climates in california enable various varieties of fruits to grow and attract more than a million immigrants to come and work in the fruit picking industries. The term 'okies' were used in a derogatory manners because it sounded like an animal or a pet name.