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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 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.

Question: What is the central idea of the passage?
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Question: What inference can be made about American soldiers in Italy during World War II?
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Question: Write a quote from the passage that best supports your inference from #2. Be sure to use quotation marks and write out the entire sentence.

We can infer that the American soldiers in Italy in WWII were influenced by the Italian cuisine present, and served as a driving factor for pizza being brought back into the United States and it's huge gain of popularity, being symbols of strength.

A quote supporting this is "Many American soldiers that had been 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..."