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The name of the ship that carried the 102 pilgrims of English to America.
Mayflower
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Walt Whitman's 1865 poem about the death of Abraham Lincoln.
O Captain! My Captain
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Thanksgiving Day It was a three-day harvest festival that included drinking, gambling, athletic games, and even target shooting with English muskets (which, by the way, was intended as a friendly warning to the Indians that the Pilgrims were prepared to defend themselves).
A national celebration falls on the fourth Thursday in November and dates back to colonial times to celebrate the harvest.
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Literary period influenced by science and logic in the late 1700's.
Age of Reason/ Enlightenment
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The only U.S. president to own a patent and a saloon
Abraham Lincoln His patent was for a device to lift boats over sandbars. His saloon was a miserable failure.
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What do the seven rays on the Statue of Liberty’s crown represent?
7 continents
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The Arthur Miller play comparing the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the anti-communist movement of the early 1950's.
The Crucible
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What is the official language of America?
NONE There is no official national language. If English is its unofficial first language, Spanish is its unofficial second language. The United States ranks fifth in the world in the number of Spanish speakers.
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Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality"
Realism
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Statistically, what is the deadliest occupation in America?
President Of the 
44 men who’ve held the post, four have been assassinated in office—
a rate of roughly 9 percent (or about one in ten) killed on the job.
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Which state is the largest state in the America?
Alaska
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Considered one of the founding fathers of American humor.
Mark Twain
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What religion is the most dominant in America?
Christianity/Christians
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Literary Period that included the Gothics and the Transcendentals.
Romanticism
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How many stars and stripes are there in the american flag
50 stars/13 stripes The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the US
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Who discovered the land of America?
Christopher Columbus
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A literary theme about what it means to become successful in America.
American Dream
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A celebration that is celebrated by most of the American that highlights the resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion
Easter Sunday
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Writers from this time period, including Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet, share religious enlightenment and provide a history of the time.
Puritanism/Puritan Period
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Who is the most Googled Hollywood celebrity?
Justine Beiber
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Who were the first Americans?
Native Indians/Americans
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Who is the Father of American Literature
Mark Twain
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Which month of the year that the Americans celebrate the Independence Day?
July/4th of July
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A period/era that stresses the aesthetic beauty characterized usually with a standard model of perfection
Idealism
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Which state is the smallest state in the U.S.?
Rhode Island