Americanness

Question 1

Identity

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What a person or thing is

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Dilemma

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A situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two or more things

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Ethnic

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Relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions

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Fragmentation

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The act of breaking something up into small parts

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Assimilation

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The process of becoming an accepted part of a country or group

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Metaphor

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A way of describing something by referring to it as something different and suggesting that it has similar qualities to that thing

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Melting pot

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A place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together

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To integrate

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To become a part of a group or society and be accepted by them, or to help someone do this

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Pluralism

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When people of many different races, religions, and political beliefs live together in the same society, or the belief that this can happen successfully

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Reform

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A change or changes made to a system or organization in order to improve it

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Liberal

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Supporting or allowing gradual political and social changes

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Consolidation

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The action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole

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Affirmative-action programme

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A set of laws, policies, guidelines and administrative practices, intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination

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Allegedly

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People say is true, although it has not been proved

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To discriminate

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To treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way

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Reverse discrimination

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The practise of making it more difficult for a certain person to get a job, ho to school, etc. because other people who were treated unfairly in the past are now being given an advantage

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To assert

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To state firmly their belief or opinion

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Penalty

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A punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement

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To incorporate

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To include something as a part of a group, system plan, etc.

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Bilingualism

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The act of speaking two languages equally well

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Contemporary

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Belonging to the present time/modern

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To be composed of

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To consist of

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To be subjected to

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To be forced to experience something very unpleasant

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Ti exaggerate

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To make something seem better, larger, worse, etc. than it really is

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Overarching

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Overall

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Allegiance

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Loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause

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Emancipation

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The act of giving someone the political or legal rights that they did not have before

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Proclamation

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An official public statement

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Self-reliance

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The act of being able to do or decide things by yourself, without depending on the help or advice of other people

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Individualism

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The belief that the rights and freedom of individual people are the most important rights in a society

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Sturdy

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Showing confidence and determination

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Utopianism

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The belief in an imaginary perfect where everyone is happy

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Egalitarianism

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The doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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Democracy

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A system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials

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Liberty

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The freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority

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Anti-statism

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Distrust of government

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Populism

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Support for the concerns of ordinary people