By the Time the Third-Wave Immigrants Arrived, ___________

question 129

Multiple Choice

By the time the third-wave immigrants arrived, ___________

• A)the frontier had closed and the best farmlands were taken.
• B)the founding fathers strongly supported free and open migration.
• C)the famine caused more than a million deaths by starvation in Ireland
• D)most of the southern and eastern European immigrants stayed in the rural areas, as had the Irish before them.

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Definitions:

Feelings

Emotional states or reactions that are subjective and experienced internally, influenced by personal perceptions, thoughts, and experiences.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, leading to tension and the motivation to reduce the dissonance by changing beliefs or behaviors.

Festinger

Leon Festinger, a social psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt when holding conflicting ideas or beliefs.

Media Influence

The effect that media, such as television, internet, and advertising, have on the attitudes, behaviors, and values of the people who are exposed to it.