The American Dream
Who defined the American Dream as "not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."
James Truslow Adams
What was the method the testers used in order to get their information?
Paired Testing
How many decades did it take for the narrator of Ellis Island to fulfill his family's dream?
9 decades
How many singers are in the song?
4: K'naan, Snow tha Product, Riz MC, and Residente
How many dots are on a pair of dice
42
Was the historic definition of the American Dream more social, political, or economic?
Social
What are the percentages that they provided for how often people were discriminated against?
Asian testers: _____%
Hispanic testers: _____%
Black testers: _____%
Asian testers: 19%
Hispanic testers: 39%
Black testers: 49%
The New Colossus is what statue?
The Statue of Liberty
What did K'Naan focus on in the first verse?
(a) immigration
(b) discrimination
(c) jobs/money
(d) ICE
(c) jobs/money
Zero.
Economic
Where did they hide the cameras on the testers?
Women: in their bags
Men: in their buttons
What are the two ways the narrator if Ellis Island felt about the immigration?
Happy for the chance to get new land, but sad that the Native people were losing their land
What is a ghost writer?
a professional writer who is hired to author books, articles, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person
Which of Newton's Laws says "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"?
The Third Law of Motion
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s definition of the American Dream?
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
What is the Fair Housing Act?
The Fair Housing act is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in housing, rentals, mortgage lending, and real estate sales based on protected characteristics
What did the poem The New Colossus call the Statue of Liberty?
(a) The Mother of Immigrants
(b) The Mother of America
(c) The Mother of Exiles
(d) The Mother of Expatriation
(c) The Mother of Exiles
What do the lines "You claim I’m stealing jobs though/ Peter Piper claimed he picked them, he just underpaid Pablo" mean?
There are workers/migrants that get underpaid to do work that others claim the credit for
Which gas makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Where did James Truslow Adams was the embodiment of the American Dream?
Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress
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Where is the poem The New Colossus located?
At the base of the Statue of Liberty
What does Riz MC mean in the lines "Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours/Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower"?
That the people fleeing dangerous situations should not be the responsibility of the citizens of other countries, even if their countries are the reasons for the wars and problems that they are running from
What is the rarest blood type?
AB-