Chapter 7: Cultural Negotiation— Acculturation and Assimilation

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Chapter 7 Cultural Negotiation—Acculturation and Assimilation
An Open Southern Border in the1920s
An Identity Conundrum for MexicanImmigrants
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Abstract

The period of American history following the First World War was a time of economic boom, but also one of social angst and distrust. The American economy was growing, while Europe struggled to rebuild a devastated industrial infrastructure from the war. Still, many Americans saw the war as representative of why America should be focused on traditional American values and traditions. Many nativists saw this push for conservatism difficult to maintain as a result of the large influx of immigrants that entered the United States from Italy and Eastern Europe.

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