American History: Tracing the Roots of Individualism Quiz

Much of what we now call 'American culture' can be traced to a distinctive population that arrived at the ______ of this country's history.

Believing in many of the values that continue to endure in the United States, such as hard work, ______.

These first settlers, who were predominantly ______, brought with them selected English values.

Although cultural integration did not come ______ during the early stages of the ______ of the United States.

The shared desire of the American people to be separated from what was known as 'the British ______' provided the impetus to seek unity.

The desire to escape the Crown and the Church of England also gave rise to what is commonly referred to as the doctrine of (8) ———— of church and state, which prohibits the government from supporting any single form of religion.

The people who settled the (9)———— quickly combined selected English values with a new set of beliefs.

Chief among them were individuality, a lack of (10)———— - and (11)———- use of time.

For instance, there is a tale of how Daniel Boone's father knew it was time to move whenever a new neighbor was so (12)———- that he could see smoke from the neighbor's replace.

Settling a new, undeveloped land required that a great deal of time and attention be devoted to the daily activities of surviving, a situation that did not lend itself to formality or ______.

Notions of freedom and independence were continually (15)———- during the United States' formative period as settlers restlessly moved westward into new territories.