What is america's identity and how has it changed over time?

Many people point to the American Creed as the core of American identity. Huntington defines the American Creed as embodying the "principles of liberty, equality, individualism, representative government, and private property".

According to Buford’s study, 73 per­cent of Nigerian and Ghanaian immi­grants had African Amer­i­cans in their social net­works, including col­leagues, neigh­bors, sig­nif­i­cant others and acquain­tances in vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tions. Forty-nine per­cent of those sur­veyed had white Amer­i­cans in their social networks.

im pretty sure it has something to do with the end of ww1