The American Dream - Frontier Spirit, Manifest Destiny, Equality, Contradiction­s/The American Nightmare
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494 Words / ~1½ pages Abendgymnasium Rhein-Sieg
Frontier Spirit belief in unlimited opportunities in “the West” willingness to take challenges: space exploration, climate change, etc. belief in “rugged” individualism belief in hard work; self-reliance (capitalism) mobility, flexibility Manifest Destiny belief that it was Gods will for the USA (the chosen country) to expand historical force behind US internationalism; belief that its Gods will that the…[show more]