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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
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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 million 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 their 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 turn of the century made it possible for these new immigrants, often with the help of the bosses, to better 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 in mm 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 living standards of the new immigrants were improved in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries mainly because
选项
A、they kept the political bosses in power.
B、the political bosses gave them a lot of practical help.
C、they had a much stronger feeling of being a part of the larger culture.
D、there was a rapid growth in American economy at that time.
答案
D
解析
本题考查事实细节。十九世纪末、二十世纪初,移民生活水平提高的主要原因是什么?答案在最后一段第三句:世纪之交时,美国经济的迅速发展,再加上有政治老板的帮助,移民的生活水平提高了。所以,美国经济的迅速发展是移民生活水平提高的主要原因,而政治老板的帮助是次要原因。题目问的是主要原因,B 是次要原因,应被排除。
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