Getting money for an organisation that you care about
What is fundraising
100
A synononym for the word 'accustomed' from the Declaration of Independence
What is 'get used to' or 'be familiar with'
100
A very large quantity of something
What is abundance
100
Term for the love of your country
What is patriotism
100
The most central value to Americans
What is freedom
200
The spirit of volunteering when not wanting to wait for the government to act
What is do-it-yourself - spirit
200
• They moved to the west to get a fresh start.
Who are the pioneers
200
Throughout the 18th century, this great American mammal was hunted to near extinction
What is the buffalo
200
why patriotism in America is distinct from other countries
What is concentrated upon a specific historic event of creating the nation.
200
The name of the poetic form of "The New Colossus" in which Emma Lazarus expressed the American Dream.
What is a sonnet
300
The main metaphor used by Emma Lazarus to describe America
What is "the golden door"
300
• It is the opposite of idealism. Thinking about solving problems in a practical and sensible way rather that by having fixed ideas and theories.
What is pragmatism
300
Governor of Virginia in 1611 said this about America: "Take four of the best kingsoms in Christendom and put them all together, they may in no way compare with this country either for commodities or goodness of soil".
Who is Thomas Dale
300
Name of the two most important national holidays in America
What is the Independence day and Thanksgiving Day.
300
A short explanation of the concept "From rags to riches"
What is the ability to lift yourself up from poverty (wearing 'rags') to becoming rich ('riches') through hard work and selfreliance
400
The Americans' optimistic pride to work out solutions themselves
What is volunteerism
400
• A presidential candidate can maximum get 538 of them, but only 270 to win.
What is electors
400
Two of the most important crops grown especially in the southern states of the USA
What is tobacco and cotton
400
The reason for celebrating the 4th of July
What is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th 1776
400
Two effectful barriers to the fullfillment of the American Dream, especially to minorities
What is segregation and discrimination
500
Name of two of the American trancendentalists who advocated individualism and selfreliance
Who is Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Walt Whitman
500
the method used when calculating the number of electors for each state
What is the number of districts + the number of senators (always 2)
500
The name of the special psychology of Americans referring to their view of the resources of the country
What is 'psychology of abundance"
500
Name of at least two important national symbols in America
What is the flag/ the stars and stripes, the national anthem, the pledge of allegiance, the statue of liberty
500
3 important rights ensured by the Bill of Rights in 1791