Vocab
to assimilate means to....
adapt to a new situation
appeal to emotions
Pathos
What does the idea of equality mean in the U.S.?
That everyone deserves a right to opportunities and freedoms. (a good life)
What does "religious pluralism" mean?
Religions being able to coexist in the same country.
What is a dependent (or subordinate) clause?
A clause that needs an independent clause in order to make sense. Can't stand on its own.
What does it mean to go through the process of naturalization?
To become a citizen
appeal to authority
Ethos
What does the concept of "the melting pot" represent?
blending many identities into one nationality
What TWO hopes did immigrants coming to the US share?
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What's another word for someone's children's children's children?
Descendants
What's the persuasive technique?
"...28 percent of the architects, 29 percent of the clergymen, 46 percent of the musicians and 61 percent of the actors were of foreign birth. . ".
Logos
What does this quote mean?
"When poor, ill-educated and frightened people disembarked in a strange land, they often fell prey to native racketeers, unscrupulous businessmen and cynical politicians."
People who are new to a country are more likely to become victims of scam artists and unfair business deals.
How is immigration a "gesture of faith in social mobility?"
Immigration proves the faith people have that the US will give them a better life (economic standing)
What type of sentence is this?
Many American writers are the children of immigrants, and the immigrant experience is one of their themes.
compound
What does Kennedy mean when he says someone was "not of English stock?"
not of English descent
What's the persuasive technique?
"More than that, it infused the nation with a commitment to far horizons and new frontiers, and thereby kept the pioneer spirit of American life, the spirit of equality and hope, always alive and strong."
Pathos (emotion)
What does this quote mean?
"Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”
Everyone in America has come from somewhere, or is a descendant of someone who immigrated here. Immigrants make up the history of America.
What is The Immigrant Contribution's main idea?
Immigration is a core part of American society and an expression of the nation’s values.
what is the meaning of the Latin root word, nat?
To be born
What does it mean to be in the minority?
group of people that differs in some way from a larger population
Find a quote with an appeal to authority (Ethos) in The Immigrant contribution. (page )
"In 1953 the President’s Commission on Immigration and Naturalization mentioned the following: Andrew Carnegie (Scot), in the steel industry; John Jacob Astor (German), in the fur trade. . ."
which of the four following aspects of life in the United States have benefited from the contributions of immigrants?
sports, politics, language, the arts, technology, health care, the economy
politics, language, the arts, and the economy.
What is a big difference between Immigrant Contribution and Quilt of a Country?
QoaC's tone is more negative. Anna Quindlen sheds more light on diversity and immigrant problems and tensions than Kennedy does.
What type of sentence is this?
Nearly all immigrants, in both the present and the past, transport their customs as well as their baggage.
simple
There is only 1 subject and 1 verb.