Dead Dreams: American Dreams

Dead Dreams: American Dreams

The American Dream originated during the 1700/1800's when America was just starting out. It was seen as a new place where one wouldn't be judged on their past, and everyone was welcome. Anybody, even someone off the boat with pocket change, could do anything imaginable with their lives in the "Land of the Free". America has grown, and so has other nations. The American dream is dead ever since other nations have started developing as quickly as the United States.

A familiarity with the American Dream is necessary in order to understand why it is failing. The American Dream is a concept that started early on in America's birth with the idea that anyone was welcome to start something of their own, and be successful with it. The social aspect of the American dream was with social classes. America was unique in the sense that it really didn't have social classes because everyone was a farmer or an endentured servant to the farmer. Everyone was on a more or less equivalent playing field.

The aptly named Industrial Revolution came to the United States and well, revolutionized the entire structure of the United States. While women were still vastly undervalued as workers, racism was finally and legally put to an end. This marked the huge push for equality. African Americans were getting rights and this expanded the American dream to African American males. The invention of steel allowed the people to build massive structures, which gave birth to the stories of magnificent buildings. This added on to the increasing want of urbanization, and companies grew. The inventors of these companies and their products became rich and revolutionized the Dream as well. Inventing things became the way of the Dream. Anyone with an idea could start a buisness with it because of the freedom expressed and available in the United States. This industrial spike helped in the upcoming