Title: American Dream - Conservapedia
Headings: American Dream
American Dream
Contents
Origins of the phrase
Meaning
1996 Election
Beliefs today
California Dream
Comparative
Notes
Bibliography
See also

Content: follow your dreams.” Those who responded in material terms gave these answers to what is the Dream: “Basically, have a roof over your head and put food on the table.” “Working at a secure job, being able to have a home and live as happily as you can not spending too much money.” “Just financial stability.” “Owning own home, having civil liberties.” California Dream
Historian Kevin Starr in his grand seven-volume history of the state has explored in great depth the "California Dream"—the realization by ordinary Californians of the American Dream. California starting in the late 19th century promised the highest possible standard of life for the middle classes, and indeed for the skilled blue collar workers and farm owners as well. It was not so much the upper class (who preferred to live in New York and Boston). The California Dream meant an improved and more affordable family life: