Answer: She was reluctant to define anything remotely resembling a national character because " it was a mongrel nation." There were so many different ethnic groups that had merged into one. This made it difficult and sometimes pointless to make just one group "entirely American."
Its would be A, because the story provides clues that states 'the speech will be presented to a faculty panel selected as judges
Annexation is when you invade something. The annexation of Poland occurred when Germany invaded them on September 1, 1939.
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