填空题 The New World of American continent was _______ named after an Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who believed the place was a new land when he arrived in Brasil in 1499. ( )

填空题 In recent decades, the black middle class has grown _______ and made great strides. ( )

填空题 The American Civil War decided that the country was not a collection of semi-independent states but a( ) ________ whole. ( )

填空题 Christopher Columbus _____ thought he had arrived in the country where the people of India lived. ( )

填空题 The 1920s were an extraordinary and confusing time to Americans, when hedonism coexisted with _______ conservatism. ( )

填空题 Chinese Americans celebrate their traditional holidays with street fairs and _____. ( )

填空题 People of other ______ followed the dominant English to explore and colonize the new land. ( )

填空题 At first the Revolutinary War went badly for the Americans. The American army, led by George Washington, was _______ by the British army. ( )