18. Document Project 18: “Melting Pot” or “Vegetable Soup”?

Quiz for Document 18.9 Randolph S. Bourne, Trans-national America, 1916

Quiz for Document 18.9: Randolph S. Bourne, Trans-national America, 1916

Choose the best answer to the question.

1. Which of the following statements is consistent with Randolph S. Bourne's views of immigration?

Each representative of a foreign culture who comes to America has distinctive qualities that will make America dynamic.

The melting-pot ideal for American society must continue unabated.

German and Scandinavian cultures are superior to English culture.

The transnational ideal for American society will ensure that American culture will erase Old World cultures and customs.

2. What characteristic does Bourne argue would be detrimental to the meltingpot that is America?

Education

Discrimination

Uniformity

Equality

3. What irony does Bourne see in the history of America?

All Americans are immigrants yet modern arrivals are viewed with disdain.

The American Revolution was fought over the issue of immigration.

The public school system eliminated history from their curriculum.

Earlier immigrants were better people than modern ones.

4. What is one path by which Bourne believes the various groups of Americans can reach success without elimination of their culture?

Xenophobia

Education

Court system

Farming

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