Why Did DuBois Invent the Concept of the Hyphenated American

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why did DuBois invent the concept of the hyphenated American?

• A) He did not want black people to be assimilated or separated.
• B) The term African-American caused people to admit they were American.
• C) Double consciousness was not catching on, and he thought this would help.
• D) He wanted to provide an identity beyond that of former slave.

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Definitions:

Underextending

The cognitive error where a child applies a word too narrowly, limiting its use to a single object instead of to all objects that belong to a particular category.

Waving Bye-Bye

A common gestural action to express departure or farewell, often one of the first communicative gestures learned by infants.

Underextension

A language development error in which a child applies a word too narrowly, failing to include objects or events that the word should apply to.

Gestures

Movements of the body, especially the hands and arms, that express ideas or feelings.