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Read 'Shut the Door' Speech By Senator Ellison DuRant Smith.
Consider the senator's word choice in reference to non-white people. What is the effect of this word choice?
A. The senator compares non-white people to different breeds of dogs, thus degrading them to animals and the idea of breeding.
B. The senator describes non-white people as hoards and their large populations as a threat to the economic stability of the country.
C. The senator describes non-white people as easy to assimilate, or conform, into the larger American culture.
D. The senator describes non-white in a few derogatory ways, notably comparing them to animals and slaves.
Answer: D The senator describes non-white in a few derogatory
ways, notably comparing them to animals and slaves.
Explanation:
The Senator defends the Act of 1924 that restricted immigration by deeming some immigrants as similar to "the breed of the dog," which would taint America´s percentage of Anglo-Saxons. Furthermore, they are portrayed as being led by "the law of inheritance and the inertia of habit into a condition of political servitude," meaning that they are predisposed to be slaves and therefore inferior to those who fought for independence from England.
