Title: Why did people believe in the American Dream? - Quora
Headings: Why did people believe in the American Dream?
Why did people believe in the American Dream?
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Content: Why do people believe in the American Dream? Your question betrays a misunderstanding of what the "American dream" meant for most people before the present generation, especially people who weren't born in America. My grandparents sent their kids ranging from nine to 19, alone, across the Atlantic in pursuit of that dream. When they were allowed to join them several years later, they were happy to get menial work in New York's garment district. They had little hope of rising much above the condition they left in Europe. For them, the possibility of America existed more for their posterity than for themselves. That is how it worked for ge
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Your question betrays a misunderstanding of what the "American dream" meant for most people before the present generation, especially people who weren't born in America. My grandparents sent their kids ranging from nine to 19, alone, across the Atlantic in pursuit of that dream. When they were allowed to join them several years later, they were happy to get menial work in New York's garment district. They had little hope of rising much above the condition they left in Europe.