首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
As is the case in many cultures, the degree to which a minority group was seen as different from the characteristics of the domi
As is the case in many cultures, the degree to which a minority group was seen as different from the characteristics of the domi
admin
2013-02-16
25
问题
As is the case in many cultures, the degree to which a minority group was seen as different from the characteristics of the dominant majority determined the extent of that group’s acceptance. Immigrants who were like the earlier settlers were accepted. The large numbers of immigrants with significantly different characteristics tended to be viewed as a threat to basic American values and the American way of life.
This was particularly true of the immigrants who arrived by the millions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of them came from poverty-stricken nations of southern and eastern Europe. They spoke languages other than English, and large numbers of them were Catholics or Jews.
Americans at the time were very fearful of this new flood of immigrants. They were afraid that these people were so accustomed to lives of poverty and dependence that they would not understand such basic American values as freedom, self-reliance and competition. There were so many new immigrants that they might even change the basic values of the nation in undesirable ways.
Americans tried to meet what they saw as a threat to their values by offering English instruction for the new immigrants and citizenship classes to teach them basic American beliefs. The immigrants, however, often felt that their American teachers disapproved of the traditions of their homeland. Moreover, learning about American values gave them little help in meeting then-most important needs such as employment, food, and a place to live.
Far more helpful to the new immigrants were the "political bosses" of the larger cities of the northeastern United States, where most of the immigrants first arrived. Those bosses saw too many of the practical needs of the immigrants and were more accepting of the different homeland traditions. In exchange for their help, the political bosses expected the immigrants to keep them in power by voting for them in elections.
In spite of this, many scholars believe that the political bosses performed an important function in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They helped to assimilate large numbers of disadvantaged white immigrants into the larger American culture. The fact that the United States had a rapidly expanding economy at the beginning of the century made it possible for these new immigrants, often with the help of the bosses, to belter their standard of living in the United States. As a result of these new opportunities and new rewards, immigrants came to accept most of the values of the larger American culture and were accepted by the great majority of Americans. For white ethnic groups, therefore, it is generally true that their feeling of being a part of the larger culture, that is, "American" is much stronger than their feeling of belonging to a separate ethnic group — Irish, Italian, Polish, etc.
The political bosses helped the new immigrants for the main purpose of______.
选项
A、showing off their political powers and advantages
B、getting support in elections
C、assimilating the minority into the majority
D、showing their generosity
答案
B
解析
根据文章第五段最后一句“In exchange for their help,the political bosses expected the immigrants tokeep them in power by voting for them in elections.”可知,作为交换,这些政治老板们期望外来移民在选举中投票支持自己。据此判断,答案是B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/SBmO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Motorwaysare,nodoubtthesafestroadsinBritain.Mile【41】mile,vehicleforvehicle,youaremuch【42】likelytobekilledors
Healthyguiltisawarningsignalthateithersomethingdangerousisabouttohappenorsomethinghasalreadyhappenedthatneed
Despitesomanyauspiciousindicators,theAmericadepictedinpoliticalandintellectualdebateisinvariablyaplaceweshould
Becausethechildrenkeepinterruptingherwhenevershereadsabook,sheisalways____herplace.
FreeAdviceIsJustAroundtheCornerWhenDanielFranklin,apoliticalscienceprofessorfromAtlanta,neededcareeradvanc
SciencewriterTomStandagedrawsaptparallelsbetweenthetelegraphandthegemoflate20th-centurytechnology,theInternet
ItisincongruousthatthenumberofBritishinstitutionsofferingMBAcoursesshouldhavegrownby254percentduringaperiod
WhenDanielFranklin,apoliticalscienceprofessorfromAtlanta,neededcareeradvancementadvice,hedidn’tturntocolleagues
WhenDanielFranklin,apoliticalscienceprofessorfromAtlanta,neededcareeradvancementadvice,hedidn’tturntocolleagues
IhaveneverseenMrs.Clarkbefore,butIknowfromhermedicalchartandthereportIreceivedfromtheprecedingshiftthatt
随机试题
设备监理的主要任务是(),这种任务与其他工程咨询工作有很大的区别。
在调整平衡后的旋转体,不允许有剩余的不平衡量存在。( )
原子荧光法测硒时,应尽量采用硫酸作介质。
简述中国古代类比思维的特征。
新建廉租住房项目资本金不低于项目总投资_______的比例。
列宁认为,资本主义发展到帝国主义阶段,其发展的绝对规律是()
Schoolauthoritiesoftenrefusetofacetheproblems;governmentdrug-abuseagencieshavedonealltoolittletoinformthepubl
患者,男,38岁。突发剑突下绞痛2小时急诊行超声检查,超声所见:肝脏未见异常,胆囊大小形态正常,壁厚约3mm,囊内未见异常回声,肝外胆管扩张,内径约1.1cm,肝外胆管内未见明确异常回声,胰、脾未见异常。提示:患者经抗炎等保守治疗后,行开腹胆总管取石术
一木板放在两个半径r=0.25m的传输鼓轮上面。在图4—48所示瞬时,木板具有不变的加速度a=0.5m/s2,方向向右;同时,鼓轮边缘上的点具有一大小为3m/s2的全加速度。如果木板在鼓轮上无滑动,则此木板的速度为()。
以下关于光纤通信的叙述中,正确的是__________。(2011年下半年试题)
最新回复
(
0
)