American Dream Context Flashcards
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American Dream quote
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“The ideal that every citixen pf the United States should have equal opportunity ot achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination and initiators”
2
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Who was is popularised by
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James Truslow Adams during the Great Depression
Originates from the Declaration of Independence - “all men are created equal”
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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1893 - “The Frontier in American History”
- Established liberty by releasing Americans from European mindsets and eroding old dysfunctional customs
- No armies, established churches, aristocratics or nobles
- Resulted in American democracy along with Egalitarianism
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Egalitarianism
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All humans are equal in fundamental worth or moral status
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California Dream
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The discovery of gold in California in 1849 brought a hundred thousand men looking for thier fortune overnight
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What is it associated with?
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- Democracy
- Rights
- Liberty
- Opportunity
- Equality
- Social mobility and leads to a comfortable ife
- National rates of dissillusionment
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Novels
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- “The Great Gatsby” - ridiculed materialism in the chase for American Dream
- “Of Mice and Men” - George and Lennie dream of their own piece of land with a ranch
- “Huck Finn” (1884)
- “My Antonia”
- “An American Tragedy” (1925)
