T 4 8 9 vocabulary

 some words we used to comment on "American Land":

- The American Dream:

nouns:  a myth? 

       the country of milk and honey

       streets paved with gold

        land of opportunities

     
verbs

     start anew = start afresh 

     dream of a better life

 

- References to American history:

  → immigration waves

   Irish immigation because of  the potato blight
        
    starvation (N)  / starve (V)  (to death)

    the melting pot


   → the First Transcontinental Railroad (1860's)

  →  a self-made man