The American Dream of success

Cards (19)

  • The American Dream of Success
    The idea that anyone regardless of their background or social status can achieve success and prosperity through hard work and determination
  • The myth of meritocracy is being criticized for upholding the idea of the American Dream of Success
  • Redefinition of success
    Not only wealth, material possessions and prosperity, but also personal fulfilment, happiness and social impact
  • The redefinition of success is a more inclusive and upright vision for the American Dream of Success
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • An Austrian immigrant to the US in 1968
    • Dreamed of being the best in the world in something from age 10
    • Dreamed of being the best body builder in the world from age 15
    • Won the title of Mr. Universe five times
    • One of the most successful Hollywood stars
    • Became Governor of California
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger's life motto

    Make up a dream and hunt after it!
  • Angie and Jewell
    • Both worked very hard
    • Biggest problem: alienation of hopes
    • Middle-class life: finishing school, getting a job & forming a stable marriage
    • Rising of inequality in America
  • A huge problem is that many people never got a shot at the American Dream
  • Fire on Ellis Island burned the Immigration station to the ground
    June 15, 1897
  • No lives were lost, the Immigration station was rebuilt under one important condition: fireproof
  • Arrival and inspection at Ellis Island

    • Inspection process lasted 3-5 hours if immigrant's papers were in order and they were in good health
    • Doctors at Ellis Island soon became very adept at identifying medical conditions by glancing at a person
    • The island's reputation was "Island of Tears", but everybody was still respected and free to start a new life
    • Only two percent of the immigrants were excluded
  • The busiest year at Ellis Island with 1.25 million immigrants processed
    1907
  • Politicians and nativists demanded increased restrictions on immigrants like a literary test, the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Alien Contract Labor Law
  • The paperwork and medical inspections were completed at the consulate, replacing the Ellis Island inspection process

    After the first world war
  • Ellis Island was officially closed by the U.S. Government
    November 1954
  • The Statue of Liberty
    Stands for American morals
  • Emma Lazarus, 1883: 'America will host the immigrants and everybody will be accepted'
  • The sonnet demands other countries to keep bad habits, portraying Europe as unable to care for their people
  • In 1903, America wants to help immigrants and promises to take care of them