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THE AMERICAN DREAM

THE AMERICAN DREAM. When you wish upon a star. The American Dream. A happy life. Start out with two empty hands. Build your own fortune Hard and honest work will pay off. The next generation will be even better off than yourself . Everyone has equal opportunity.

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THE AMERICAN DREAM

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  1. THE AMERICAN DREAM When you wish upon a star

  2. The American Dream • A happy life. • Start out withtwoempty hands. • Buildyourown fortune • Hard and honestworkwillpay off. • The nextgenerationwillbeevenbetter off thanyourself. • Everyone has equalopportunity

  3. THE ROARING 1920s

  4. The CrashontheStock Market • 29 October 1929 • Economy collapses • Wall Street

  5. The Great Depression • The shame and guilt of beingunemployed • Despair and fear of beingevictedfromyour home • Bankingcrisis • Reform programs

  6. The President of the 1930s • Franklin Delano Roosevelt • New Deal • Reform programs

  7. Breadlines – the American DreamCrushed? • African-Americanfloodvictimslining up for food in Louisville, Kentucky

  8. Followyourdreamevenifit’s hard • The Climb

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