( 25 )culture. Consequently they supported laws that
required immigrants to take oaths of loyalty and to pass
English language tests. They also tried to discourage
the use of languages other than English in the schools.
Another conception of assimilation came from
( 30 )the experience of reformers such as Jane Addams. In
1889, Addams founded a volunteer organization in
Chicago called Hull House, which attempted to improve
conditions in the city’s poor immigrant
neighborhoods. Hull House served as a model for
( 35 )many similar “settlement houses” throughout the
country. These institutions sought to ease the
immigrants’ adjustment to an unfamiliar society by
offering whatever social services were not provided by
local governments, including medical care, legal
( 40 )assistance, and adult education. Fundamental to the
settlement house philosophy was a respect for the
cultural heritage of the new arrivals. Workers such as
Jane Addams who saw at first hand the alienation of
first- and second-generation immigrants feared that
( 45 )attempts to “Americanize” the immigrants would lead
to ethnic self-hatred and deprive the country of a
variety of distinct cultural contributions.
27. Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?(A) the story of immigration to the United States.
(B) the cultural contributions offered by immigrants
(C) how to assimilate immigrants into American life
(D) how immigrants changed life in U.S. cities
(E) two different concepts of assimilating immigrantsWhich of the following is not mentioned as a characteristic of the life that awaited immigrants to the United States
between 1890 and 1910?