1.what good intentions might the government officials have had in implementing the policy of americanization?

The good intention behind this policy was to to bring millions of recent immigrants into the American cultural system in 1910s.

Explanation:

It was a process to bring the immigrants in the county (America). The immigrants who were becoming a person and sharing  American values, beliefs, and customs by assimilating into American society.

As a form of cultural mixture, the movement counter later views of multiculturalism. During this time Americanization efforts went beyond education and learning English, into the active and sometimes devastating repression of "foreign" cultural elements.

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