Periode 3

Question 1

the American Dream (definition)

Answer 1

Is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.

Question 2

5 components of The American Dream shown up in other countries

Answer 2

1. other nations should replicate America’s development
2. free market economy
3. support free trade agreements & Foreign Direct Investment
4. Free flow of information & culture
5. Acceptance of government protection of private enterprise

Question 3

What made the American Dream possible ( )

Answer 3

1. a large land mass under 1 government
2. bordered by benign neighbours
3. US commerce is fed by an abundance of natural resources (oil, rainfall, rivers, shoreline/ports, flat terrain/traverse)
4. Diverse demographics; large test market for new products, niche products, new ideas, new technologies

Question 4

novel The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer 4

transition of the American Dream from improvement of life/persuit of happiness to more acquisition of material things (greed). (US 1920s)

Question 5

name 2 major historical events 1929

Answer 5

1. Stock market crash

2. Great Depression

Question 6

passage 19th Amendment to the Constitution (1918)

Answer 6

voting rights of women (president Wilson)

Question 7

equal opportunity to Negro slaves

Answer 7

President Lincoln (//)

Question 8

Title VII the Civil Rights Act (1964)

Answer 8

1. ended segregation in schools,
2. protects workers from discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex (incl. pregnancy) or national origin.
   (1964: President Johnson)

Question 9

Which president supports lega benefits of marriage contract regardless of sexual orientation?

Answer 9

President Obama

Question 10

“true individual freedom can not exist wihtout economic security and independence”

Answer 10

President Roosevelt

Question 11

Beat Generation

Answer 11

Cultural literary movement as a response to 1950s social conformity (a desperate cry to break free social constraints and the prevailing ethical codes.

Question 12

Central elements ‘Beat generation’ (7)

Answer 12

Central elements of Beat culture are;

• rejection of standard narrative values,
• spiritual quest,
• exploration of American and Eastern religions,
• rejection of materialism,
• explicit portrayals of the human condition,
• experimentation with psychedelic drugs,
• sexual liberation and exploration.

Question 13

best known examples of Beat literature (3)

Answer 13

Allen Ginsberg’s Howl (1956),
William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch (1959)
Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (1957)

Question 14

Beat Generation by Jack Kerourac

Answer 14

“Beat Generation” in 1948 to characterize a perceived underground, anti-conformist youth movement in New York. Meanings of beat;

• “tired” or “beaten down”
• but also upbeat & beatific