American Dream 373930 225535502 2008-07-14T05:08:46Z Jeff Silvers 415302 /* See also */ Removed three wikilinks that currently have no articles (as per [[WP:ALSO]]). {{Cleanup-reorganize}}<!-- The Race, Education, Social class, Wealth etc. sections need to be reorganized as subsections under proper headers like Aspects or Factors. --> {{otheruses}} [[Image:Statueofliberty.JPG|right|thumb|For many immigrants, the [[Statue of Liberty]] was their first view of the [[United States]], signifying [[Freedom (political)|freedom]] and personal [[liberty]]. The statue is the American Dream icon.]] The '''American Dream''' is [[belief]] in the [[freedom]] that allows all [[Citizenship|citizens]] and [[resident]]s of the [[United States]] to achieve their goals in life through hard work. Today, it generally refers to one's material [[wealth|prosperity]] depending upon one's abilities and work ethic — not a rigid [[Social hierarchy|class structure]]. Although the phrase's meaning has evolved in the course of national history, for some people, it is the opportunity for achieving greater material prosperity than was possible in the old country; for others, it is the opportunity for their children to grow up receiving an [[Education in the United States|education]] and its consequent career opportunities; for others, it is the opportunity to make individual choices without the constraints of [[social class|class]], [[caste]], religion, [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]], sexual orientation, or [[ethnicity|ethnic group]]. [[James Truslow Adams]] coined the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book ''The Epic of America''. ==See also== *[[Australian Dream]] *[[European Dream]] {{Life in the United States}} {{United States topics}} [[Category:American culture]] {{US-stub}} [[az:Amerika xəyalı]] [[cs:Americký sen]] [[da:Den amerikanske drøm]] [[de:American Dream]] [[el:Αμερικανικό Όνειρο]] [[es:Sueño americano]] [[fr:Rêve américain]] [[it:Sogno americano]] [[he:החלום האמריקאי]] [[lt:Amerikietiška svajonė]] [[nl:American Dream]] [[no:Den amerikanske drømmen]] [[ru:Американская мечта]] [[sv:Den amerikanska drömmen]] [[ta:அமெரிக்கக் கனவு]] [[th:ความฝันอเมริกัน]] [[tr:Amerikan Rüyası]] [[uk:Американська мрія]] [[zh:美国梦]]