The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by France as a gift. It was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi<span> and built by </span><span>Gustave Eiffel. It is a woman representing Libertas a Roman goodness. It is a symbol of freedom and also a welcoming sight for the immigrates who come to the US.</span><span />
Gatekeeping is increasing more and more. The idea of gatekeeping is that the gatekeeper is the person who disseminates the news towards people, such as news agencies or paper companies or similar things. Since you have companies owning more and more news agencies at the same time, they basically can control what all the different news services will say, which means that anything that would not be considered to be valid news would be prevented from reaching people.
A prairie schooner is just a fancy name for a covered wagon, which was used to bring people and/or goods across land.
<span>close to people of similar ethnicities, cultures, and religions</span>