Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the
context of the excerpt?
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. And slow-
growing domestic traumas like economic unrest and
increasing crime seemed more likely to emphasize
division than community. Today the citizens of the
United States have come together once more
because of armed conflict and enemy attack
Once these disparate parts were held together by
a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars
and the electrified fence of communism.
KOD 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
K And slow-growing domestic traumas like economic
unrest and increasing crime seemed more likely to
emphasize division than community
D Today the citizens of the United States have come
together once more because of armed conflict and
enemy attack