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From the Ted Talk by Jose Antonio Vargas: 3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship

Unscramble the Blue Letters

airemca as we know it is more than a picee of land, particularly because the land that now makes up the uinetd States of America used to belong to other people in other countries. America as we know it is also more than a nation of immigrants. There are two gurops of Americans who are not immigrants: Native Americans, who were innugideos to this land and who were killed in acts of genocide; and African Americans, who were kidnapped, spehpid and enslaved to build this country. America is, above all, an idea, however unrealized and imperfect, one that only exists because the first settlers came here freely without worry of citizenship.

Open Cloze

_______ as we know it is more than a _____ of land, particularly because the land that now makes up the ______ States of America used to belong to other people in other countries. America as we know it is also more than a nation of immigrants. There are two ______ of Americans who are not immigrants: Native Americans, who were __________ to this land and who were killed in acts of genocide; and African Americans, who were kidnapped, _______ and enslaved to build this country. America is, above all, an idea, however unrealized and imperfect, one that only exists because the first settlers came here freely without worry of citizenship.

Solution

  1. indigenous
  2. groups
  3. piece
  4. united
  5. shipped
  6. america

Original Text

America as we know it is more than a piece of land, particularly because the land that now makes up the United States of America used to belong to other people in other countries. America as we know it is also more than a nation of immigrants. There are two groups of Americans who are not immigrants: Native Americans, who were indigenous to this land and who were killed in acts of genocide; and African Americans, who were kidnapped, shipped and enslaved to build this country. America is, above all, an idea, however unrealized and imperfect, one that only exists because the first settlers came here freely without worry of citizenship.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
united states 2
american history 2

Important Words

  1. acts
  2. african
  3. america
  4. americans
  5. belong
  6. build
  7. citizenship
  8. countries
  9. country
  10. enslaved
  11. exists
  12. freely
  13. groups
  14. idea
  15. immigrants
  16. imperfect
  17. indigenous
  18. kidnapped
  19. killed
  20. land
  21. nation
  22. native
  23. people
  24. piece
  25. settlers
  26. shipped
  27. states
  28. united
  29. unrealized
  30. worry