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🗽 The American Dream – Oberstufe
Englisch · Oberstufe — Ursprünge, Ideale, Literatur und Kritik rund um den American Dream
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Welche Formulierung aus der Declaration of Independence (1776) gilt als Kern des American Dream?
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Peace, Order and good Government
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Life, Liberty and the right to Property
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Welche Funktion hatte Ellis Island im Hafen von New York zwischen 1892 und 1954?
Main inspection station for immigrants
Prison for Confederate soldiers
Military base protecting the harbour
Trading post for the fur trade
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Was beschreibt das typische Motiv „from rags to riches“?
Losing all wealth through bad luck
Moving from the city to the countryside
A rise from poverty to wealth through hard work
Inheriting a large family fortune
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In welchem Werk prägte James Truslow Adams 1931 den Begriff „American Dream“?
Common Sense
Democracy in America
The Epic of America
The Frontier in American History
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Welche These vertrat Frederick Jackson Turner 1893 über die amerikanische Frontier?
It shaped American democracy and individualism
It weakened the American national character
It was the main cause of the Civil War
It made Americans dependent on Europe
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Wofür steht das grüne Licht am Ende von Daisys Steg in „The Great Gatsby“?
The inherited wealth of old-money families
Gatsby's longing for an unreachable dream
The careless lifestyle of the Jazz Age
Nick's envy of Tom Buchanan's success
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Was hält Willy Loman in Arthur Millers „Death of a Salesman“ für den Schlüssel zum Erfolg?
Hard work in a skilled manual trade
Saving money and avoiding all debt
A good university education
Being well liked and personally attractive
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Wer schrieb das Gedicht „The New Colossus“ („Give me your tired, your poor …“) an der Freiheitsstatue?
Emma Lazarus
Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
Emily Dickinson
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Was zeigt die sogenannte „Great Gatsby Curve“ in der Debatte um soziale Ungleichheit?
High inequality goes with high social mobility
Economic growth always reduces inequality
High inequality goes with low social mobility
Immigration lowers social mobility
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Was symbolisiert das „Valley of Ashes“ zwischen West Egg und New York in „The Great Gatsby“?
The glamour of New York's high society
The poverty and decay behind the pursuit of wealth
Gatsby's hope of winning Daisy back
The untouched beauty of the old frontier
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