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The American dream in 1775 was to be truly independent from GB. So the people could have freedom. So they people wouldn't be controlled by a tyrant. To have fair/just laws and taxation.

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During the civil war era people see the "american dream" as different. Slaves point of view of the "american dream" is to be free and considered equal as white people.

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Excerpt from Up from Slavery | Penguin Random House Canada

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

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The American Dream during the Civil War Era was freedom and education. Slaves wanted to be free and their children wanted to learn. African Americans were treated poorly and there wasn't much they could have done. Their only option was to have hope and dream the life that the whites had been living.

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Excerpt from Up from Slavery | Penguin Random House Canada

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

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Leslie Soriano (late 1800s - before 1900s)

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Leslie Soriano (late 1800s - before 1900s)

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Right before the 1900s, the American Dream was to be a part of the upper class, where they were wealthy. The American Dream meant living in a place with good living conditions, and having a decent paying job.

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The American dream of the 1900s was merely an ideology, it was not a dream of fast cars and big houses that it was envisioning of social order as race, birth or money does not affect human status.

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The American Dream in the 1900's was to have freedom and

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The American Dream during the WW2/Great Depression era, a successful life was having money or food to live in the new harsh land. I'm not sure who was a leader in this but I do know that the people themselves strived for that.

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The American dream is just after WWll, paranoia was increasing, as well as people trying to recover from the war. This era was the start of the civil rights movement with both women, and people of color wanting equality. People like MLK and Marilyn Monroe helped in creating equality for people in society.

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The American Dream in post-WWII America would have been the nuclear family, where the husband worked, the wife stayed home, and the children went to school. This era was also defined by the introduction of suburbia, as well as redlining, the start of the Civil Rights movement, and the rise of black activists like MLK and Malcom X, who fought for equality for poeple of color through the 1970s.

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The American dream in modern day life is more about being rich. Most people nowadays are just surviving by trying to make as much money as they can to live that rich lifestyle. Some even consider marrying a rich person because they think money is the only way to happiness in the American dream. However the problem is people want to feel entitled of being rich more then wanting to be rich.

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The American Dream in Up From Slavery is mainly about ending slavery and being able to live life without being controlled. Around this era there was a lot of chaotic things going like having to fight for what is right. So working together and putting an end to slavery is what I would call the American Dream in this era. The Civil War ended slavery.

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The american dream in the Civil Rights era