What the purpose of these lines “ we will rise from gold limbed hills of the west we will rise from the windswept northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution we will rise from the lake rimmed cities of the Midwest state we will rise from the sunbaked south”

because of all the immigration, america became one big melting pot. the diversity of cultures from all over the world made america somewhat divided as well. people that immigrated stayed with their kind, and their traditions, while native born americans stayed with their kind and their traditions. normally, people born in american scorned the immigrants as well. the new religions also divided america. in summary, it took away from the american culture and identified america as the "melting pot."

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment