(F) poor housing
(G) harsh working conditions
(H) religious persecution
(J) lack of opportunity for advancement
(K) pressure to assimilate
- The conservatives’ methods of assimilation are most similar to those of someone who renovates a house
(A) to look more expensive than it really is.
(B) to reveal the structural elements of the house.
(C) to look like all of the other houses on the block.
(D) to make it stand out from the rest of the houses on the block.
(E) to preserve the original style of design.
- The services provided by the settlement houses were intended to
(F) supplement the services provided by local government.
(G) discourage the use of foreign languages in schools.
(H) enable immigrants to open similar settlement houses elsewhere.
(J) instruct immigrants in the beliefs of the reformers.
(K) teach immigrants to conform to rigid standards.
- Which of the following would most probably have been supported by the reformers?
(A) a language course to help immigrants lose their accents
(B) a law that would require all immigrants to leave the country after five years
(C) a program to relocate immigrant populations out of the cities
(D) a requirement that all immigrants pledge absolute loyalty to their adopted country
(E) a program that would teach other Americans about the culture of the immigrants
- The phrase “cultural contributions” (line 47) refers to what?
