A brief history of the United States

A. The foundation of the American Dream in History (video).

 Match the dates / periods of time with the correct historical events :

17th - 18th centuries		American War of Independence
1775 - 1783		Move from downtown to the suburbs for a lot of people
July 4th 1776		End of Segregation
Up until (= jusqu'en)1865		Europeans and a lot of English people moved to the New World, sometimes in order to escape religious persecution.
1861 - 1865		Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers
1955		American Civil War and end of slavery
1964		Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement triggered by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
1950's - present		Slavery

B. Complete each part of the USA's history with expressions from the list. 

1) freedom ; England ; Europe ;  escaping ; searching ; founded ; been ; North America ; decided ; independent ; to emigrate ; adventure

The United States of America was _________________ in 1776. The settlers (= les colons),

who had ____________ from ___________ (the Old World) to ________________ (the New World), were _____________ persecution and were __________ for ____________ and ____________. They had ______ there since the 17^th century when they __________ to become _____________ from ___________.

2) exploited; emancipated ; had ; forced; won ; waged war (= faire la guerre) ; stop ; North ; South

For (= pendant) 200 years, Americans _________ slaves, mostly in the __________ of the country. They ____________ Black people who were ____________ to come to the USA. Between 1861 and 1865, the _________ (the Union) ______________ to the South (the Confederacy) in order to _________ slavery. The North ________ and the slaves were ______________ .

3) stood ; became ; rights ; sat ; community ; fought

Unfortunately, African-Americans only ___________ free in 1964, after Rosa Parks had __________ up against racism (when she _______ in the front of the bus) and Martin Luther King had ___________ for the Civil _____________ of his __________________.

4) suburbs ; country ; world ; conditions; young ; fleeing ; living

The USA may be _________, but it is the richest ___________ in the _________. Since the 1950's, the American population has been _______________ to the suburbs, where they have been ________________ in comfortable _______________.