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Melting Pot
AMERICA HAS BEEN CALLED A MELTING POT OF NATIONALITIES. HOWEVER, AS IMMIGRANTS ARE ABSORBED INTO OUR SOCIETY, THEY OFTEN RETAIN THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITIES THROUGH FOODS. THESE FOODS, THEN, BECOME AN EVERYDAY PART OF OUR AMERICAN CUISINE. MATCH THE DESCRIPTIONS BELOW WITH THE SCRAMBLED FOOD NAMES.

1. MEXICAN WRAP OF CORNMEAL DOUGH. TRADITIONALLY FILLED WITH BEEF AND SEASONED USUALLY WITH CHILE AND STEAMED IN CORN HUSKS.
2. NORWEGIAN DRIED COD WITH LYE.
3. SWEET, LAYERED, CRISPY GREEK PASTRY.
4. GERMAN PORK SAUSAGE.
5. FRENCH CRESCENT ROLL.
6. ENGLISH DEEP-FRIED FISH AND FRIED POTATOES.    
7. HUNGARIAN BEEF AND VEGETABLE STEW.
8. THIN ITALIAN PIE.
9. CHINESE DISH OF VEGETABLES, MEAT, AND SEASONINGS SERVED WITH FRIED NOODLES.  
10. RUSSIAN BEET SOUP.
Melting Pot

Numbers of a Nation
MATCH EACH NUMBER BELOW WITH THE APPROPRIATE ITEM UNDERNEATH.
Numbers of a Nation
1. MEMBERS OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2. MEMBERS OF U.S. SENATE
3. ORIGINAL COLONIES
4. NUMBER OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT FORM THE BILL OF RIGHTS
5. NUMBER OF SIGNERS OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
6. AGE OF YOUNGEST ELECTED PRESIDENT (KENNEDY)
7. NUMBER OF CONTIGUOUS STATES
8. MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS U.S. PRESIDENT
9. MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT


Signal Match
MATCH THE FAMOUS LINES ON THE LEFT WITH THE FAMOUS SPEAKER ON THE RIGHT.

1. "I HAVE A DREAM..."
2. "THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS."
3. "...THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF..."
4. "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU—ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY."
5. "FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO..."
6. "...GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH."


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