English KA American Dream

Question 1

Alleviating

Answer 1

to make less severe

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Beelining

Answer 2

to go quickly in a direct course

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Condoned

Answer 3

accept a behavior that is morally wrong

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Confiscated

Answer 4

taken or seized with authority

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Declaim

Answer 5

deliver words in a rhetorical way to an audience

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Depletion

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reduction in numbers

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Depict

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Portray

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Derision

Answer 8

mockery

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Dwindle

Answer 9

shrink

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Enunciate

Answer 10

say or pronounce something quickly

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Epitome

Answer 11

highest example of a stated quality

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Ferocious

Answer 12

fierce, cruel, violent

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Imperative

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crucial

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Inauguration

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official ceremony when someone starts doing an important job in the government

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Segregation

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seperation
e.g. racial segregation

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Superciliously

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arrogant. As if someone think they are better than the rest

Question 17

Patriotic

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loyal. Devotion and support to one’s country. Love of one’s home country

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Plethora

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an excessive amount of somethine

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Proliferation

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rapid increase in number

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Prosperous

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flourishing financially

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Individualism

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A concept in the war Americans see themselves and how they are viewed by others. Self-reliance and responsibility shapes their fate

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Uncle Sam

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A nickname for the American Government→ a bearded man dressed in stars and stripes

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Ellis Island

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Headquarter of the US immigration authority→ two artificial islands

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The Puritans

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Social religious movement. They wanted to cleanse the church of England from the influence of Roman-Catholic Papism. They wanted to read the Bible and purify its message. Rejection to open sexuality and alcohol

Question 25

Manifest Destiny

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John L.O’Sullivan believed that it was America’s destiny to democratize the world. Used this belief in its manifest destiny to justify its territorial expansion

Question 26

Independence Day

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Declaration of independence

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New Canaan

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Referred to the land west of the river Jordan that later became Palestine

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Frontier

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Line of settlement moving westward. Frontier was declared closed when it reached the Pacific

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The Stars and Stripes

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Name given to the American flag. It featured 13 red and white stripes and 12 stars on the blue background. Each star and stripes represented the founding states. It presently represents 50 stars and red and white stripes.

Question 30

Melting Pot

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Individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men

Question 31

Multiculturalism

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Originally referred to the Canadian and Australian minority policy