Which is the best summary of paragraph 2? Though it may sometimes look like America has abandoned the beliefs that inspired its creation, it’s to those beliefs that we still turn in time of trouble.

America is sustained by a dream of justice, tolerance, and humanity. In spite of history’s adversities and vicissitudes, the dream is still alive, and we need it now more than ever.

We have often failed to maintain the standards of equality and ethnic inclusiveness upon which the American ideal depends, but when our sovereignty is under threat we realize they are the source of America’s unique strength.

American history is not all about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So much of it is about the very opposite that students often find it hard to believe the lofty principles upon which this nation was founded are still alive and well—though buried so deep in the American psyche that it can take a war to awaken them.

What does this excerpt from act of romeo and juliet reveal about lord montague?

Which development most aided explorers in their ability to set sail the oceans to discover the new world during the age discovery? a.waterproof sails b.the printing press c.map-making devices d.fictional travel accounts

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning