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1、BR_mainTheAmericanDreamImmigrantsTheGreatDepressionMortgageWarm-upQuestionsBR_1TheAmericanDreamBR_1_popAmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechancetoachievesuccessandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andanicehouse.Forminoritiesandimmigr
2、ants,italsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.BR_2ImmigrantsIntroductionFirstImmigrantsBR_2_1.1IntroductionListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.BR_2_1.2Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—,allAmericanshaveancestorswhowereimmigrants.TheUnitedStateshasthehomeofimmigrantsfromallov
3、ertheworld.SomeimmigrantscometotheUnitedStatesaplacetopracticetheirreligionfreely,whileothersseekpoliticalorprotection.Stillothersarriveinhopesofbuildingabetterlifeforandtheirfamilies.Indians______become_______insearchof__________economic________themselves__________BR_2_2FirstImmigr
4、antsBR_2_2_popThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirstdecadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.ImmigrationtoNewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestablishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.ThevaluesofthesePurit
5、ansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureoftheAmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.BR_3TheGreatDepressionBR_3_popTheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisintheindustrializedworld.ItbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,andcontinuedthefollowingTuesday
6、,knownasBlackTuesday,withagreaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,particularlyGermany,Japan,andBritain.Intheearly1930smillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsofbusinessesandbanksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.Roosevelt’sNewDealpoliciesimprovedthesituation,buttheGreatDepr
7、essiondidnotcometoanenduntilWorldWarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarincreased.BR_4MortgageMortgageHowtoGetaMortgageBR_4_1MortgageMortgageisanagreementtohavemoneylent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,withthehouseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesapersontobuyahous
8、ewithouthavingenoug