Pizza is served in many school cafeterias in the United States on a daily basis, but it is actually still relatively new to the country. Pizza first arrived in the United States
with Italian immigrants during the late 1800s. It was popular in cities that had a large
concentration of citizens that had Italian roots. It remained relatively unpopular
nationally for several decades until the end of World War II. Many American soldiers
that had been stationed in Italy during the war enjoyed eating pizza on a regular
basis there and when they returned to the United States, they wanted to continue to
have access to it. Pizza then enjoyed a boost in popularity and soon went from being
a food primarily consumed by Italian immigrants to one of the most popular foods in
the country
1. What is the central idea of the passage?
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Pizza came to the United Sates in the late 1800s and was not very popular.
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Pizza was only popular among Italian immigrants.
Pizza was introduced to the U. S. in the late 1800s and became popular after WWII.