Springsteen once said‚ "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." Is there a difference between the two? Is the American dream really just what it says in the title- a dream? To define what this ’dream’ is: The American Dream is the term for people who believe that in the United States anyone can become rich if they work hard and try their very best. Once the foundation of all American beliefs‚ the goal of achieving complete success has become just
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The 1970s birthed a series of social and political movements. The opposition to the War in Vietnam that began in the 1960s grew a lot during the early 1970s. One of the best-known anti-war demonstrations was the Kent State shootings. In which national guard soldiers fired upon rioting students at the university. This event caused mistrust and shock throughout the country and became an example of anti-Vietnam demonstrations. Environmentalism also grew big in the seventies on April 22 1970 the United
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The Market Revolution Many factors contributed to the Market Revolution beginning in 1815 and ending in 1860. These included economic‚ technological‚ and social aspects. Better transportation helped move people‚ materials‚ and manufactured goods from coast to coast. New inventions quickened the development of crops and manufacturing of goods. The country’s cities were growing fast‚ and people moved west in pursuit of cheap land and opportunity. Economically
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Native Americans are the Same as Catholics? Surprisingly‚ Native American and Catholic religions have as much in common as they have in differences. Native Americans have been practicing their individual‚ but very similar religions for thousands of years. Yet‚ in a brief period of time‚ they lost much their traditional religious practices due to the aggressive Catholic administration and missionaries in their efforts to “reform”‚ modernize‚ and educate Native American populations and their
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Progressive Era was a pivotal time in American history filled with reform and activism. Taking place from the 1890’s to the 1920’s‚ the Progressive Movement landed right in between the Gilded Age and World War One. The political‚ social and economic reforms of the Progressive Movement addressed many of the problems of the gilded age by creating a more democratic political system and a government that was more responsive to the needs of the people; however‚ the movement failed to address the problems of
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Antebellum Culture and Reform Section: The Romantic Impulse 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 5. Section: Remaking Society 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Section: The Crusade against Slavery 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 1. The first great school of American painters emerged in New York; Frederic Church‚ Thomas Cole‚ Thomas Doughty‚ and Asher Durand- which they also painted the spectacular vistas of the rugged and still largely unsettled Hudson Valley. 2. The first great American novelist who was
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sounds of a big group of people. You guess it is African Americans marching for their rights. You silently cheer them on. Their actions are smart; they are getting themselves on the road to freedom. Some of the key factors that made it possible for all people in America to have equal rights are that people had courage‚ they persevered‚ and they made peace. My first reason is that people had the courage to do the right thing. Many African-Americans stood up for their rights. Rosa Parks‚ in specific‚ knew
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difficulties of today and tomorrow‚ I have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke
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Between the years of 1945 and 1980‚ American society was experiencing significant shifts in various aspects such as societal norms‚ government policies‚ and advocacy movements. For many of these changes‚ it was hard to tell whether they painted a liberal or a conservative future for the United States. It seemed like there was a constant back and forth between liberal and conservative ideologies. At times‚ conservative values dominated‚ emphasizing traditional norms and limited government intervention
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The Progressive Reform Movement ! The modern America that society enjoys today pays homage to the reforms of the progressive era. Numerous positive changes occurred during this time through the efforts of progressive reformers‚ however‚ the most important social‚ economic‚ and political reforms were as followed: finalizing the right’s of women to vote‚ improvement in products‚ and the governments new way of regulating growing businesses and outlooks on government. Among those who benefited from
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