From Princeton to Prison: The Rise and Fall of My American Dream

What is the American Dream?

• better rights for black people than for white people

• everyone has enough money

• the same rights and opportunities for everyone

• poor people are not allowed to stay in the USA

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The American Dream stands for...

• rights for a better life, games for everyone and the perfect house

• rights for a better life, enough money for everybody and opportunities for everyone

• rights for a better life, better education and help for poor people

• rights for a better life, opportunities for everyone and freedom

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Who defined the American Dream?

• Martin Luther King 1963

• James Truslow 1933

• J. T. Adams 1931

• Rosa Parks 1955

Basis for the American Dream was:

• Declaration of Independence

• Statue of Liberty

• Civil Rights Movement

• an idea of Lincoln

What was changed by the American Dream?

• black people got better rights

• everyone got the same inalienable rights like property owners

• salvery is abolished

• all children get the same education

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Why did the people migrate to the USA in the beginning?

• to visit Donald Trump

• to become rich and famous

• to live the American Dream with racial segregation

• to get a better future

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Does the American Dream still exist?

• yes, but it has changed

• maybe

• no

• it never has

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What is the title of a book?

• The Grand Gatsby

• The Gatsby Great

• The Great Gatsby

• The Great Gasby

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