I would say it succeeded. Then morality left the Country, God is being credited less and less, and here we are, with things about to get worse. Until America wakes up and recognizes that from God all blessings flow, we are doomed. (And I’m not talking unitarian universalist nonsense either)
Hopefully, enough thoughtful people are beginning to recognize the tyranny of elected officials who buy votes with promises, only to enslave those they promise to "help."
America's Founders knew threats to their liberty, no matter how they were disguised. It is time to begin teaching rising generations the ideas of liberty instead of the counterfeit ideas of dependency.