Freedom + Justice

Question 1

USA

Answer 1

• country of opportunities, attracted millions of both legal + illegal immigrants
• life should be better, richer, fuller w/ opportunity for each

Question 2

Statue of Liberty

Answer 2

-gift from France to celebrate 100 years of independence from Britain

Question 3

Ellis Island

Answer 3

• place where most immigrants 1st set foot on American soil
• Island of Hopes/tears (some were detained for legal/medical reasons, sent back)
• gateway to a new - better - life

Question 4

Manifest Destiny

Answer 4

• belief that America is the 1 nation ordered by God
• nation of Progress, individual freedom..
• American people have been chosen to establish on earth the moral dignity + salvation of man
• superior to all countries

Question 5

Declaration of Independence

Answer 5

-written by Thomas Jefferson
-all American citizens are created equal
>possibility for every American
-rights of the individual

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

• written because some delegates feared that the new American government would threaten everyone’s ability to achieve personal freedom + pursuit of happiness
• guarantee America’s citizens certain inalienable rights (freedom of religion/speech)

Question 7

Critic

Answer 7

• America Dream seen more critically

- critics regard American Dream as an illusion (not everyone has access to possibilities)

Question 8

Economic Situation

Answer 8

-question if American Dream is still alive today cannot be answered with yes or no
>concept of it is not static
-financial crisis made the aim of achieving financial security a distant prospect
-for many people, owning a house is the goal of a lifetime