文档介绍：Puritans
1・ The Puritans were an English religious group who went to America to practice their religion without interference from the Church of England・ In a time when hatred and persecution existed between many church groups, every group in Europe hated and persecuted the reasons why they go to Ameiaca are as fol lows firstly, to reform the Church of ,to have an entirely new but not the least,to escape religious persecution ・
Manifest Destiny
2・ Manifest Destiny is the historical belief that the United States was destined and divinely ordained by the Christian God to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean」t was a term which was first used in the 1840Sin regard to the annexation of Texas and other areas of land・
American Dream
3・ The American Dream is the freedom that allows all citizens and most residents of the United States to pursue their goals in life through hard work and free choice・ The life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone,with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement・
McCarthyism
4. Joe McCarthy was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government and elsewhere・(The term "McCarthyism/' coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy's practices, was soon applied t