Of Mice & Men Themes

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Across
  1. 3. __________ prevented African Americans, women, the disabled and the poor from achieving their dreams.
  2. 6. Even in the 1960's, Martin Luther King Jr believed the American dream was __________.
  3. 8. For immigrants to the USA, America is a land of __________ .
  4. 9. The Americans who founded the country and colonized the Wild West were known as __________ .
  5. 10. Malcolm X did not see an American Dream; he saw an American "__________".
  6. 12. The Great __________ exacerbated the problems of the poor in the 1930's.
Down
  1. 1. James Trustlow Adams believed "the circumstances of your _____ " shouldn't determine the opportunities open to you.
  2. 2. The cowboy and pioneer embody the American trait of rugged __________ .
  3. 4. A series of legal acts known as ___ ___ ___ enforced segregation between black and white Americans.
  4. 5. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created _____ .
  5. 7. Some believe the American Dream can be achieved through buying goods or __________ .
  6. 11. In the 1930's movie stars from __________ created new dreams on the silver screen.