Question

Which statement best summarizes the central idea in this excerpt?

Answer 1

Answer:

Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism. With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right.

What does the use of the term fault lines reveal about how the author views world wars?

She believes that world wars are harmful to people.

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