Answer:
A. Many cultures were combined together
Explanation:
The term "melting pot" is a metaphor that is used to depict that a once heterogenous(more than one) society becomes more homogenous (one) with a common culture between them.
Therefore, the term "melting pot" used in this context means A. Many cultures were combined together because according to the passage, <u>"New York City had many different countries and cultures settled in it"</u>
Calligraphy is a very decorative/delicate form of writing, so you answer is C. A type of writing.
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<span>A for any law. It is the term for a proposed piece of legislature that has not yet passed a vote. in the American system the executive must also sign the bill after it is voted upon for it to officially become law. Also in this system, a bill can be introduced in either house and then move to the other, or differing versions can be created in both houses that must then be synthesize into a final version to vote and present to the executive.</span>