Why was the ideal of a common national culture more elusive in the 1990s?
A. American politics no longer enforced a nationalist ideal.
B. Conservative Americans embraced the ever-changing American immigrants.
C. Immigrant families viewed being an American in residential and economic terms.
D. Immigrant families forbade their children to partake in anything American.
Answer: C
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A) the writing off of all national government and state government debts accrued during the Revolutionary War period without paying off any federal or state creditors B) the writing off of all national government Revolutionary War debt and permitting each state government to handle their Revolutionary War debt as they saw fit C) the federal government paying off all Revolutionary War debt accrued by the national government and the federal government assuming and paying off of all state government debt accrued during the Revolutionary War period D) the assumption and paying off of national government Revolutionary War debt at a 50 percent discount and encouraging states to handle their Revolutionary War debt similarly
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a. Chandragupta Maurya. b. Siddhartha Gautama. c. Mahauira Krishna. d. Ashoka Gupta. e. Mahavira.