Second- and Third-Generation Immigrants

question 52

Multiple Choice

Second- and third-generation immigrants

• A)were most eager to associate with their home country,as they rejected American culture.
• B)had difficulty assimilating,as they continued to use their native language in schools and at home.
• C)tried to distance themselves from the old-fashioned ways of their parents through the American "consumer culture."
• D)clung to their traditional culture through music and theater.

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Definitions:

Variables

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