Around 1900,Italian Americans started thinking of themselves as Americans instead of as people from a particular town or area in Italy.The reason for this shift in thinking and self-identification was:
A)other Americans did not recognize Italy until the 1920s
B)other Americans defined them that way
C)the American government needed the category for a census
D)the unification of Italy as a single country took place only in 1920
E)all of these choices

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The shift in thinking and self-identification was due to other Americans defining Italian Americans as a distinct group. As Italian Americans faced discrimination and prejudice, they began to see themselves as different from the people in the towns or areas in Italy where their ancestors came from and started to identify as Americans.

Around 1900,Italian Americans Started Thinking of Themselves as Americans Instead