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"American Dream" - Coggle Diagram
"American Dream"
Westward Expansion
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The Homestead Act- Promised 60 acres of free land to anyone who moved westward. Attracted many people, especially minorities.
Immigration
America outsources for skilled, cheaper labor from immigrants
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Nativism- The believe that ones own nation is superior, creates discrimination towards immigrants
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America presents this promise of the "American Dream" filled with opportunity and success towards immigrants, but in reality gave them little assistance upon arrival and presented them with discrimination and hate.
Minorities
Womens Rights
The Flapper Girl- Independent, challenges norms
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African American Rights
The Harlem Renaissance- A surge of African American culture, music, and literature that leads to empowerment and fight for equality during the civil rights movement
Native Americans
Land stolen, forced to assimilate
Indian Reservation Act- Places Native Americans into reservations. Allowed tribes to govern themselves and to maintain some of their cultural and social traditions.
Urbanization
Capitalistic ideas play a huge part in American culture and ideas. There is a lot of anti-communist propaganda used. This often fuels America's isolationism, nativism, and reluctance towards federal power.
The Roaring 20s- A period of economic prosperity and increased western culture, including jazz, flapper girls, speakeasies.
Railroads take one a huge role when it comes to industrialization. Allows for faster, cheaper, more efficient transportation of goods. Powerful railroad monopolies are soon established.