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WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

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Americanization Movement * Focused on integrating newcomers into the United States * Often taught English classes to nonnative speakers * Provided instruction in American democratic government Which aspect of U.S. society led to the Americanization movement of the early 20th century?
A
the growing civil rights movement
B
the changing views on voting rights for women
C
the large number of immigrants from southeastern Europe
D
the reaction against outsourcing to factories in foreign countries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Americanization Movement was a concerted effort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to help new immigrants settle and assimilate into America’s civic culture with the intent of promoting patriotism and productivity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Goals. The aim of the Americanization movement was to impose assimilation of all things American on immigrants, requiring them to abandon the cultures and languages of their homelands in favor of American culture and language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Defining Americanization To simplify, we might describe Americanization in the early 20th Century as the movement to teach new immigrants about American history, customs, and to learn the English language with the goal of making them look and act more like middle class Americans, and less like foreigners.

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