Title: American Dream in History - The American Dream
Headings: American Dream In History
American Dream In History
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The American families in 1920s experienced the happiness and pursued their American Dream
During the mid- to late-1800s, the American news and literature began to use "the American Dream" extensively (Kiger, the Origin). These two words were usually related to the ambitious Americans who moved to the West and the Europeans who came to the United States to look for better living conditions (Kiger, The Origin). Before early 1900s, the American Dream also widely used to describe the promotion of people's social classes and the idea of becoming wealthy (Kiger, The Origin). In 1931, Adams published his Epic of America, and the American Dream continued to thrive in the early 1900s
The poverty made the American Dream impossible for the Americans
However, the "Great Depression" crashed the American Dream during early 1930s by taking away Americans' wealth and making them homeless (Kiger, The Evolution). Many American people were thrown out off their homes and could only making living by begging (Kiger, The Evolution). With such a pessimistic economic situation, the American people couldn't regain their American Dream until Franklin D. Roosevelt became in charge and tried to save the country through the New Deal (Kiger, The Evolution). He believed that the American Dream could be saved with the support of the government and the increase of the job opportunities (Kiger, The Evolution). With the increase of working population, the American economy started to recover from the crisis, and the American Dream and did. Besides high employment rate, Franklin D. Roosevelt also tried to save the American economy and to improve people's lives by passing 1934 National Housing Act, which increased the building of houses (American RadioWorks ). As a result, owning a house later also became an essential part of the modern American Dream (American RadioWorks ).