"The Immigrant Contribution" CFU

According to Kennedy, why is it impossible to speak about a particular "immigrant contribution" to the United States? Click on the quote that BEST supports the answer to the question.

• "We can only speak of people whose roots in America are older or newer" (Kennedy 24).

• "because all Americans have been immigrants or the descendants of immigrants" (Kennedy 23).

• "...each wave of immigration left its own imprint on American society" (Kennedy 24).

• "...each made its distinctive 'contribution' to the building of the nation and the evolution of American life" (Kennedy 24).

What does Kennedy state are the TWO main reasons immigrants come to the United States? Choose TWO answers.

• to find a better life

• the hope for personal freedom

• the hope for economic opportunity

• to build a future for their children

Check THREE areas in which Kennedy says immigrants have made important contributions to American society.

• Contributions to a bad economy

• Contributions to the professions and arts

• Contributions to literature and language

• Contributions to violence

• Contributions to science and industry

In the case of which minority does Kennedy say the "melting pot" has failed?

• Latinos

• Asians

• African Americans

• Native Americans

According to Kennedy, what qualities in American culture impressed Alexis de Tocqueville? Choose THREE.

• faith in social mobility

• the melting pot

• the spirit of equality

• belief in the possibility of a better life

• adjustment and assimilation