New Immigrant Groups Were Regarded with Special Hostility by Many

question 17

Multiple Choice

New Immigrant groups were regarded with special hostility by many nativist Americans because

• A) most Americans considered Italian, Greek, or Jewish culture inferior to their own.
• B) many New Immigrants attempted to convert Americans to Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, or Judaism.
• C) in many New Immigrant families, women were kept in distinctly subordinate roles.
• D) New Immigrants were often more politically loyal to their homelands than to the United States.
• E) their religions were distinctly different, and some New Immigrants were politically radical.

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