USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Americanization movement of the early 20th century sought to
A
protect immigrants from going back to their home country.
B
protect domestic businesses from foreign competition.
C
restrict the military involvement of the United States in foreign conflicts.
D
assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture.
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: -The Americanization movement was a reactionary movement to the influx of immigration to the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.

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