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Mind Map by Felix Kunkel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Felix Kunkel
almost 9 years ago
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American Dream
- Definition: “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and
fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability and
achievement.” (James Truslow Adams 1930s); to realize the full potential of
oneself; dream of the west and the frontier; dream of upward social mobility;
“from rags to riches”; justice for all; individual freedom; better life; patriotism
- Manifest Destiny
- political guideline: expand east to west; settlers had a religious
mission to settle the West; movement which created American
history and culture; God-given rights to expand ideology and
society; infinite freedom; authorization to take everything
- political guideline: expand east to west; settlers had a religious
mission to settle the West; movement which created American
history and culture; God-given rights to expand ideology and
society; infinite freedom; authorization to take everything
- Promised Land
- City upon a hill; New
Israel; guided by God;
Identification with ancient
Hebrews; New World; New
Canaan
- City upon a hill; New
Israel; guided by God;
Identification with ancient
Hebrews; New World; New
Canaan
- Pilgrim Fathers (First Settlers)
- Did not want to pay
taxes to England
- Did not want to pay
taxes to England
- American Dream today
- different views; racial
equality; success through
education and hard work
- American Nightmare
- growing gap between rich and
poor; wasteful consumer
society of lonely individuals;
weak government; no equal
opportunity; terrorism
- growing gap between rich and
poor; wasteful consumer
society of lonely individuals;
weak government; no equal
opportunity; terrorism
- different views; racial
equality; success through
education and hard work
- Puritans
- Fundamental members of the English
Protestant Church who were
persecuted and settled to the north of
Virginia in 1620
- Fundamental members of the English
Protestant Church who were
persecuted and settled to the north of
Virginia in 1620
- Bill of Rights
- First ten amendments
of the U.S. constitution
-> Human rights
- First ten amendments
of the U.S. constitution
-> Human rights
- The Declaration of Independence
- Approved on July 4, 1776
by the Continental
Congress (Founding Fathers); official
independence of the 13
states from each other as
well as from Britain
- Approved on July 4, 1776
by the Continental
Congress (Founding Fathers); official
independence of the 13
states from each other as
well as from Britain
- -inclusion vs exclusion
-sense of superiority
-exceptionalism
-search for your own
destiny
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