CLEP US History II

Category - Immigration

Despite moving to a new country, many U.S. immigrants failed to fully immerse themselves in the American way of life because:
  1. They immigrated to escape persecution in their native lands, so the last thing they wanted to do in their new home was give up the ways of life they were trying to protect in the first place.
  2. They didn’t want to become Americans in a cultural sense; they only wanted to capitalize on the job market.
  3. Immigrants often lived in neighborhoods in which they were grouped by their nations of origin.
  4. Most immigrants only stayed in the United States for a few years to earn “nest eggs,” which they took back to their home countries.
  5. American culture is too complex for recent immigrants to understand or adopt in full.
Explanation
Answer: C - Though moving to a new country inherently immerses an immigrant in a new culture, many immigrants never became fully Americanized because they often clustered together in neighborhoods based on their nations of origin, creating sub-communities, which did not yield incentives to acclimation. While surrounding themselves with people who understood them linguistically and culturally would help ease their transitions, some never learned English, registered to vote, or participated in American social customs.
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