Sending Native American children to boarding schools is one way coercive acculturation was "achieved." Within these schools, tribal languages, dress, and religion were forbidden, and Native American culture was generally discouraged. Which theory or hypothesis would most likely have predicted this?
A. Blauner hypothesis
B. Noel hypothesis
C. culture of poverty theory
D. Marxist theory
E. acculturation theory
Answer: A
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