CIV US : FOUNDING MYTHS AND LAND OF IMMIGRANTS Flashcards
Date of Declaration of Independence
1776
popular expression use in 19th-century by Horatio Alger in his novels ? (link to the american dream )
“from rags to riches”
What are the lines of poet Emma Lazarus engraved on the statue’s pedestal ( StOfLib)
“Give me your tired , your poor , your huddled masses yearning to breathe free “
What are the name of theory about diversity in USA ?
The “ Melting Pot “ Theory
Percent of Americans belong to a volunteer organization
60%
What is social Darwinism ?
Adaptation of Charles Darwin’s theories on the evolution of the species to the economic principles of laissez faire
By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Great Britain ?
The philosopher Herbert Spencer
By who the social Darwinism theory was popularized in Usa ?
Yale professor William Graham Sumner
Percents of Americans who move each years ?
10%
What the frontier days/period ?
The settlement of West in 18/19 th Cty
lower middle class incomes ranging ?
From 35000$ to 75000$ dollar a year
upper middle class income ?
100000$ and more
Percent of pop who are in the upper middle class ?
15%
Before the covid percent of pop live below the poverty lines ?
10.5 %
Poverty line for a family of four in 2020
26200$ a year
What years Louisiana was bought to Napoleon ?
1803
In what year was taken by gunpoint Ohio and from who ?
1817 Indians
In what year was taken by gunpoint Florida and from who ?
1819 Spain
In what years was taken by gunpoint Texas and California and from who ?
Mexico between 1845 and 1848
What’s mean the expression “manifest destiny” ?
This huge continent had been alloted by Providence to the American people for the purpose of fulfilling their mission
Famous worlds of John Winthrop gov of Massachussets in 17th Cty on America destiny
” We are a city upon a hill , the eyes of all people are upon us “
Crevecoeur French farmer of the 18th Cty about being an American
” Here , individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of man “
What is the English Puritans ?
a group of Protestants