USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Assimilation is:
A
A plot of land assigned to an individual or a family for cultivation.
B
A process where one group of people absorbs the culture of another population.
C
the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation.
D
powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but claimed by the federal government.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -assimilation, in anthropology and sociology, the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assimilate the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cultural assimilation refers to the process in which a minority group or culture assumes the behaviors, values, rituals, and beliefs of their host nation’s majority group. 1.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most obvious examples of assimilation is the United States’ history of absorbing immigrants from different countries. From 1890 to 1920, the United States saw an influx of many immigrants from European and Asian countries. The desire to come to the United States was primarily for economic purposes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Assimilation is the movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used. For example: glucose is used in respiration to provide energy. amino acids are used to build new proteins.

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