What is the American Dream?

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What is the American Dream? “The American Dream is a dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement…It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of a social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” James Truslow Adam in The Epic of America (written 1931)

EQ: How possible was the American dream for arriving immigrants?

“Rags-to-riches” dream Horatio Alger novels Andrew Carnegie J.D. Rockefeller

Statue of Liberty

“New” vs. “Old” European immigrants “old immigrants” = N & W Europe 1860-1890 -- (~10 mil) Britain, Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Holland Peak - 1882 “new immigrants” = S & E Europe 1890-1924 -- (~20 mil) Italy, Greece, Austro-Hungary, Russia, Turkey Peak – 1907 Largest group - Italian Catholics

Chinese immigration to U.S. 1850 - 7,520 vs. 1882 - 300,000 8.6% CA’s total pop.

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese laborers could not enter U.S. & declared Chinese already living in the U.S. ineligible for U.S. citizenship (10 yrs) In effect until 1943

Why immigrating? Jobs Overpopulation – China, Mexico Famine – Italy, Ireland Govt policies against Jews

Ellis Island (1892-1954)

Angel Island

Processing at Ellis Island Interview Medical inspections ~2% deported

Medical Inspections Symbols: B – Back C - Conjunctivitis CT – Trachoma E – Eyes F – Face FT – Feet G – Goiter H – Heart K – Hernia L – Lameness N – Neck P – Physical and Lungs PG – Pregnancy S – Senility SC – Scalp SI – Special Inquiry X – Suspected Mental defect X (circled) – Definite signs of Mental defect

Where did they go? Cities Northeast Midwest Ethnic neighborhoods Why?

Read document & answer Qs in group: What are the living conditions for this individual? Does he/she seem to be excluded from American society? If yes, how? How possible was the American dream for this person?

Regroup and discuss: Share stories Similarities between immigrant stories? Differences? EQ: How possible was the Am. dream for arriving immigrants? At a disadvantage? How possible is the American dream today?