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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 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.
"Citizenship class"(Para 4)were offered because Americans______.
选项
A、wanted to help the immigrants to solve their practical needs
B、would not accept any groups with different traditions
C、wanted the immigrants to deal with the threat to the American values
D、wanted the immigrants to learn about and to keep the American values
答案
C
解析
根据文章第四段第一句“Americans tried to meet what they saw as a threat to their values by offeringEnglish instruction for the new immigrants and citizenship classes to teach them basic American beliefs.”可知,美国人竭力解除他们认为的对其价值观的威胁,给新来的移民提供英语课程和公民教育课程,传授他们基本的美国价值观。所以,美国人给外来移民提供公民教育课程的根本原因就是为了解除所谓的威胁,相对来说,让外来移民了解并接受美国价值观是直接的途径而非深层的原因。据此判断,答案是C。
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