Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
A. hold on to their old ethnic habits.
B. lose faith in the United States due to the hardships they experienced.
C. resist external social pressures to assimilate.
D. break from their traditional culture.
E. return to the Old World for good.
D
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