WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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stop immigration into the United States.
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assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant American culture.
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encourage people to migrate to the West.
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create better working conditions during industrialization.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Allotment and Assimilation Era built upon the goals of the Reservation Era by attempting to control and alter the customs and practices of Native Americans. The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Indian agents played large roles in the “re-socialization” of Native Americans into Anglo-American culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. Assimilation is a much contested notion whereby on entering a new country immigrant groups are encouraged, through social and cultural practices and/or political machinations, to adopt the culture, values, and social behaviors of the host nation in order to benefit from full citizenship status.