The American Dream

Despite the previous existence of ... cultures, the history of the United States as a nation usually begins in 1942

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European ... began to arrive, mostly from England. By the 1770s, there were ... British colonies on the northeastern seaboard.

• warriors, 13

• settlers, 12

• colonists, 13

• folks, 10

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A synonym for "rift" is the following

• conflict

• peace

• no idea

• a bed

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The Founding Fathers ensured in the constitution that the three branches of government would share a power in a system of

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Equality and freedom are the ... of American society.

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US American's deep-seated ... is often regarded as arrogance by people in other parts of the world

• wealth

• patriotism

• flag

• Uncle Sam

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The first Europeans to come to America were driven by the desire for

• religious freedom

• political freedom

• economic opportunities

• all of the above

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America once saw itself as a ..., but this metaphor has now been replaced by the idea of a salad bowl.

The idea of the American Dream is "Life, liberty and the ..."

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Who wrote that Americans were born with the unalienable rights to "life, liberty and ...".

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

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