Cultural pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne generally advocated that
a. Spanish and German should be recognized as official languages of the United States along with English.
b. "one hundred percent Americanization" of all southern and eastern European immigrants was necessary for America to retain its democratic and cosmopolitan culture.
c. immigrants to the United States could and should remain politically loyal to their original nations.
d. immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American melting pot.
e. the full-fledged preservation of ethnic identity and cross-fertilization among immigrants were both unhealthy and dangerous cultural trends that threatened to the long-term health and democratic nature of America.
d
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One of the major reasons for social change and the disruption of the English economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the:
A) enclosing of common pastureland. B) appearance of a Catholic king on the English throne. C) impact of the Reformation. D) deflationary monetary cycle.
The 1850s debate over the expansion of slavery broke into an open and protracted period of fighting in __________
a) Kansas b) Nebraska c) Missouri d) Texas
Which of the following acts reflects the Republicanism of William McKinley?
a) Fordney–McCumber Tariff Act b) National Origins Quota Act c) Sheppard–Towner Act d) Volstead Act
In what area did the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois differ most?
What will be an ideal response?