Title: What is the American Dream Today & How It's Changed Over the Years
Headings: What is the American Dream Today & How It’s Changed
What is the American Dream Today & How It’s Changed
Table of Contents
Introduction: What is the American Dream & When Did it Start?
History of the American Dream
The Ideal Government
The 17th and 18th Century American Dream
Religion Drives the Dream
A Push For Education
A Land of Opportunity
Political and Cultural Change
The 19th Century American Dream
Industrialization and the Civil War
The American Frontier
Transcendentalism Introduces “Nature”
The 20th Century American Dream
Growing Disillusionment of the American Dream
The Great Depression
War Has No Winners
The Age of Overabundance
The American Dream vs The American Reality
The Global Impact of the American Dream
What is the American Dream Today?
The New American Dream
The Threat of Climate Change
How to Live the American Dream Today?
Bonus: Famous American Dream Quotes
Conclusion
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Content: What is the American Dream & When Did it Start? History of the American Dream
The Ideal Government
The 17th and 18th Century American Dream
The 19th Century American Dream
The 20th Century American Dream
What is the American Dream Today? The New American Dream
The Threat of Climate Change
How to Live the American Dream Today? Bonus: Famous American Dream Quotes
Conclusion
Introduction: What is the American Dream & When Did it Start? “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” This is the first public American Dream definition from historian James Truslow Adams’ best-selling book “Epic of America,” published in 1931. In his book, Adams went on to clarify that the American Dream is not, “…a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” While the term “American Dream” was officially coined in 1931, its vision was laid out by our Founding Fathers as described in the Declaration of Independence.