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]
learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans
A
Assimilate
B
Americanization
C
Urbanization
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This process was designed to make immigrants more “Americanized". It included learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans. This was done through the schools. During the Gilded Age, the economy saw a rise in this, often seen as more efficient but also as unfair competition.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did U.S. schools contribute to the Americanization movement to assimilate immigrants? Schools promoted the use and study of diverse languages. Schools operated as centers for a process of cultural learning. Schools allowed for various culture groups to live more closely.

Detailed explanation-3: -One hundred and fifty years ago on May 10, 1869, university founder Leland Stanford drove the last spike that marked the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Detailed explanation-4: -The invention of electricity brought illumination to homes and businesses and created an unprecedented, thriving night life.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mark Twain, who coined the moniker “The Gilded Age” in his 1873 novel of the same name, used it to describe the era’s patina of splendor-gilded, after all, is not gold-and the shaky foundations undergirding industrialists’ vast accumulation of wealth.

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