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The term 'melting pot' comes from the idea of taking many different forms of a specific type of object. Two examples of said 'objects' would be metals or cheeses. when you throw many different types of cheese into a pot and heat it up to melt them(hence melting pot) they mix together and form something different from any of the original cheeses. The same idea is put into New York City and other large coastal U.S. cities back in the late 1800s to early 1900s, when Immigration to the United States was at its largest flow. So many different cultures and ethnicities were forced into such a small space that they inevitably mixed together and created a unique new culture only found in that region or country.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe term "melting pot" was used to refer to immigration to the United States. Supposedly, the immigrants laid aside their old identities as German, Swedes, Irish, Italians, Mexicans or whatever and became Americans, much as scrap metals in a furnace ceased to be cans, spoons, springs, etc. and became the alloy of something else.
The melting pot idea has been challenged by groups that wish to hold on to their cultural identities while remaining US residents. Others think this is a bad idea.
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∙ 12y agoInf you do mean melting pot, then it's just a bucket or an urn that you put stuff into and heat the pot until the contents melt and blend together.
If you mean melting point, that's the temperature where a substance changes from solid to liquid.
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∙ 13y agoit refers to the diversity associated with America. It means that the "average American" may have lineage of English, Irish , Scotch, French, German , Polish, Ukraninan, Russian, African, Hispanic, Asian, Polynesian, etc, etc, but is part of a country where everyone is: American.
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∙ 10y agoIn sociological terms, "melting pot" refers to a place where people of many different backgrounds come together and adopt a basically uniform culture. The American Melting Pot was the US of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century, when immigrants by and large wanted to adopt the culture they found on their arrival.
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∙ 9y agoA melting pot is a metaphor for a society of people of all races. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States.
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Term of us social mix of cultures and races?
melting pot
Why is the United States considered to be multicultural?
Multiple cultures.
Which pattern of interaction is also called the salad bowl theory?
As the development of the New World progressed, we saw in emerging countries like Australia, the US, etc. inclusion of various ethic/nationalistic group, often en masse. In the US in particular, the phrase, "The Melting Pot" became popular. It referred to the idea that inclusion of these varied groups would have an effect metaphorically similar to what occurs when alloying a metal. E.g., the resultant alloy has strengths and properties that the mother elemental metals alone do not have. The inclusion and assimilation of the incoming immigrations into a cohesive whole was considered a good thing.However, during the 20th century and later, many of the arriviste's felt they were losing their national/ethnic identity, and steps have been taken in many cases to preserve that uniqueness. This approach was not well described by terms like Melting Pot. As such, another metaphor was sought.The result was the Salad Bowl concept, in which we have a resultant combination that is, as a whole, an improvement over its various components alone, but also maintains the concept of: Separate yet equal. The components of a salad are combined, yet remain discrete.This metaphor encompasses some aspects from Melting Pot, but not the level of assimilation we saw as a positive in Melting Pot.In American early-grade education, this term is the replacement for Melting Pot (which is no longer considered to be politically sensitive enough).
What do you mean by the term census?
The census is a questionnaire which is sent to every person living in a country. It is sent out every 10 years and in the US is required by the constitution.
What is the term for the decrees of the US Supreme Court?
US Supreme Court decisions are called "Opinions."
Term of us social mix of cultures and races?
melting pot
Term for US social mix of cultures and races?
Melting pot <3
Why is the us referred to as the 'melting pot'?
The term "melting pot" refers to a coming together of lots of different races or ethic groups. The citizens of the US are from so many different backgrounds and have come together or melted together to live in one country, this is the reason for the reference
Why is the us referred to as the melting pot?
The term "melting pot" refers to a coming together of lots of different races or ethic groups. The citizens of the US are from so many different backgrounds and have come together or melted together to live in one country, this is the reason for the reference
What is the terms of US social mix of cultures and races?
Melting pot.
How is the US a melting pot?
The US is considered a melting pot because its a country made up of immigrants from all over the world. All of these immigrants brought with them their cultures which have come to blend together to form the American culture.
Is America known as the melting pot or a melting pot?
America is known as the "Melting Pot" of cultures. It is where all different societies of life come together as one in this great country we live in today. Now, it actually more known as the "Salad Bowl" because all these different cultures are solid like being in a salad, unlike us all melting together.
What was the term used to describe the mixing of cultures in the US?
The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States; the melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s.
How would you express the idea that the different peoples have come to the US have mixed together to create a new culture?
There is a term that defines this idea and it is the United States is a melting pot of people who have come to create a life and brought with them foods, music, art, religion, new ideas, and have added to the culture of the United States.
Religion of the US?
No official religion i don't think. If anything Christian, America is essentially a melting pot . . .
How was melting pot used to describe the US?
That the United States is one of the if not the most diverse country in the world ...
What is the idea that the different people who have come to the US have mixed together to create a new culture?
the Melting-pot theory
