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- The concept of the American Dream has long been linked to upward mobility in American society and its supposed attainability through hard work, humility, and cultural assimilation. Its roots can be loosely traced to the mid- to late-nineteenth century, when the United States experienced an upsurge of European immigration.
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The roots of the American Dream lie in the goals and aspirations of the first European settlers and colonizers. Most of these people came to the North American continent to escape tyranny, religious and political persecution, or poverty.
From Iran to Australia to Britain, global observers construed the Capitol riot as an assault on “the American dream,” although it was not a mob driven by economic grievance, but rather an explicitly political assault on the democratic process.
Benjamin Franklin not only helped establish the foundation for the individual American dream but also was a model, a living example, of how to achieve the American dream. Born one of seventeen children, Franklin completed only two years of education by age ten.
May 22, 2024 · First mentioned in print in the book The Epic of America (1931) by the US historian and businessman James Truslow Adams, the American Dream has become synonymous with social mobility and...
- Deborah Nicholls-Lee
Historically, the Dream originated in colonial mystique regarding frontier life. As John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, the colonial Governor of Virginia, noted in 1774, the Americans "for ever imagine the Lands further off are still better than those upon which they are already settled".
Feb 6, 2003 · In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present.
Idea. An Essay by J.H. Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative. The American dream is a widely known concept, but is it still achievable in the 21st century? The once radical idea is ever-changing, but is now rooted more in dignity than in dollars.
