USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

RISE OF NATIVISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would help make them more loyal citizens
A
Urbanization
B
Melting Pot
C
Americanization
D
Colonization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nativists . Nativists advocated Americanization as a form of protectionism. They urged immigrants to assimilate before their native cultures and practices could infect American mainstream culture or cause it to change.

Detailed explanation-2: -Americanization, in the early 20th century, activities that were designed to prepare foreign-born residents of the United States for full participation in citizenship. It aimed not only at the achievement of naturalization but also at an understanding of and commitment to principles of American life and work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Americanization is the co-operative process by means of which “many peoples” in our city and in America become “One Nation” united in language, work, home ties, and citizenship, with one flag above all flags, and only one allegiance to that flag. Americanization is a co-operative movement, bigger than America.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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