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The American Dream
Immigrants
The Great Depression
Mortgage
Warm-up Questions
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The American Dream
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American Dream is the belief that everyone in the United States has the chance to achieve ess and prosperity. For ordinary people, it means a happy family, an ideal job, and a nice house. For minorities and immigrants, it also includes freedom and equal rights.
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Immigrants
Introduction
First Immigrants

Introduction
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

Apart from “Native Americans”—, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants. The United States has the home of immigrants from all over the world. Some e to the United States a place to practice their religion freely, while others seek political or protection. Still others arrive in hopes of building a better life for
and their families.
Indians
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in search of
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economic
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themselves
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First Immigrants
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The first immigrants to America came almost from western Europe. During the first decades of the 17th century, settlers from England colonized Virginia and New England. Immigration to New England began in 1620 when English Puritans established Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts. The values of these Puritan settlers strongly influenced the culture of the American colonies and later of the United States.
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The Great Depression
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The Great Depression is considered the most severe economic crisis in the industrialized world. It began when American stock market fell on Friday, Oct. 24, 1929, and continued the following Tuesday, known as Black Tuesday, with a greater fall. The Depression struck many other countries as well, particularly Germany, Japan, and Britain. In the early 1930s millions of people lost their jobs, and millions of businesses and banks failed. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies improved the situati