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MYTHS AND HEROES\u00a0: THE AMERICAN DREAM<\/p>\n
The\u00a0American Dream<\/strong>\u00a0is a national\u00a0ethos<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0United States<\/u><\/a>, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward\u00a0social mobility<\/u><\/a>\u00a0for the family and children. In the definition of the American Dream by\u00a0James Truslow Adams<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 1931, “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” regardless of\u00a0social class<\/u><\/a>\u00a0or circumstances of birth.<\/p>\n The American Dream is rooted in the the\u00a0Declaration of Independence<\/u><\/a>, which proclaims that “all men are created equal<\/u><\/a>” with the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Since then, it has become a well-known statement on\u00a0human rights<\/u><\/a>, particularly its second sentence:<\/p>\n We hold these truths to be self-evident, that\u00a0all men are created equal<\/u><\/a>, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are\u00a0Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n This sentence came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by\u00a0Abraham Lincoln<\/u><\/a> in his Gettysburg Address,<\/p>\n Glossary of terms<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Ethos<\/strong>\u00a0(\/<\/u><\/a>\u02c8<\/u><\/a>i\u02d0<\/u><\/a>\u03b8<\/u><\/a>\u0252<\/u><\/a>s<\/u><\/a>\/<\/u><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0US<\/u><\/a>\u00a0\/<\/u><\/a>\u02c8<\/u><\/a>i\u02d0<\/u><\/a>\u03b8<\/u><\/a>o\u028a<\/u><\/a>s<\/u><\/a>\/<\/u><\/a>) is a\u00a0Greek<\/u><\/a>\u00a0word meaning “character” that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Declaration of Independence<\/strong>\u00a0is the usual name of a statement adopted by the\u00a0Continental Congress<\/u><\/a>\u00a0on July 4, 1776, which announced that the\u00a0thirteen American colonies<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0then at war with\u00a0Great Britain<\/u><\/a>, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent\u00a0sovereign states<\/u><\/a>, and no longer a part of the\u00a0British Empire<\/u><\/a>. Instead they formed a new nation\u2014the\u00a0United States of America<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0American Civil War<\/strong>, widely known in the\u00a0United States<\/u><\/a>\u00a0as simply the\u00a0Civil War<\/strong>\u00a0as well as other\u00a0sectional names<\/u><\/a>, was a\u00a0civil war<\/u><\/a>\u00a0fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern\u00a0slave states<\/u><\/a>\u00a0individually declared their\u00a0secession<\/u><\/a>\u00a0from the United States and formed theConfederate States of America<\/u><\/a>. The\u00a0Confederacy<\/em>, often simply called the\u00a0South<\/em>, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recognized by a foreign country. The states that remained loyal and did not declare secession were known as the\u00a0Union<\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0North<\/em>. The\u00a0war had its origin<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in the fractious issue of\u00a0slavery<\/u><\/a>, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories.[N 1]<\/u><\/sup><\/a>\u00a0After four years of combat, which left over 600,000 Union and Confederate soldiers dead and destroyed much of the South’s infrastructure, the Confederacy collapsed and slavery was abolished. Then began the Reconstruction<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kf8KFdnwBGY MYTHS AND HEROES\u00a0: THE AMERICAN DREAM THE AMERICAN DREAM DEFINED The\u00a0American Dream\u00a0is a national\u00a0ethos\u00a0of the\u00a0United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward\u00a0social mobility\u00a0for the family and children. 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