You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding. letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A) financially E) majority I) discriminated M) protection B) different F) same J) but N) group C) adapt G) adopt k) disadvantages O)easier D) continue H) however L) established Ironically in the United States a country of immigrants prejudice and discrimination__1_____to be serious problems There was often tension between each established group of immigrants and each succeeding group. As each group became more _______2___successful, and more powerful, they excluded newcomers from full participation in the society. Prejudice and discrimination are part of American history _______3___this prejudicial treatment of different groups is nowhere more unfair than with black Americans. Blacks had distinct_____4_____For the most part, they came to the "land of opportunity' as slaves and were not free to keep their heritage and cultural traditions. Unlike most European immigrants blacks did not have the____5______of a support group; sometimes slave owners separated members of the___6_______ family. They could not mix easily with the established society because of their skin color It was difficult for them to ____7______ to the American culture. Even after they became free people, they were still ___8_______ in employment housing education. Until the 20th century the ______9____of the black population lived in the southern part of the United States. Then there was a population shift to the large cities in the North Prejudice against blacks is often associated with the South Slavery was more common there and discrimination was usually______10____ to see.

Directions In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding. letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 

A) financially    E) majority   I) discriminated   M) protection 

B) different F) same   J) but     N) group

 C) adapt G) adopt  k) disadvantages  O)easier 

D) continue H) however L) established 

Ironically in the United States a country of immigrants prejudice and discrimination__1_____to be serious problems There was often tension between each established group of immigrants and each succeeding group. As each group became more _______2___successful, and more powerful, they excluded newcomers from full participation in the society. Prejudice and discrimination are part of American history _______3___this prejudicial treatment of different groups is nowhere more unfair than with black Americans. Blacks had distinct_____4_____For the most part, they came to the "land of opportunity' as slaves and were not free to keep their heritage and cultural traditions. Unlike most European immigrants blacks did not have the____5______of a support group; sometimes slave owners separated members of the___6_______ family. They could not mix easily with the established society because of their skin color It was difficult for them to ____7______ to the American culture. Even after they became free people, they were still ___8_______ in employment housing education. Until the 20th century the ______9____of the black population lived in the southern part of the United States. Then there was a population shift to the large cities in the North Prejudice against blacks is often associated with the South Slavery was more common there and discrimination was usually______10____ to see.