The Immigrant Contribution (JFK) Review

Oscar Handlin has said, “Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered..."

Between 1880 and 1920, America became the industrial and agricultural giant of the world.

What was the central idea of "The Immigrant Contribution"?

An appeal to reason would include...?

Many American writers are the children of immigrants, and the immigrant experience is one of their themes.

Immigration provided human resources...and kept the pioneering spirit of American life, the spirit of equality, and hope

We all know about the spectacular immigrant success...In 1953 the President's Commission on Immigration stated...

Which of the following would be an example of CHARGED LANGUAGE?

Which of the following is true about an appeal to emotion?

Which of the following words would be examples of CHARGED LANGAUGE?

Nearly all immigrants, in both the present and the past, transport their customs as well as their baggage.

What does the idea of "equality" mean in the US?

What TWO main hopes did nearly all immigrants to the US share?

What does "melting pot" refer to?

When poor, ill-educated and frightened people... in a strange land, ... they fell prey to unscrupulous businessmen.

Which of the following is true about appeals to reason?

This is the spirit which so impressed Alexis de Tocqueville, and which he called the spirit of equality.

What is one OPINION JFK expressed in "The Immigrant Contribution"?

Which of the following is an accurate description of "descendant"?

Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, eighteen were of non-English stock...