What Has The American Dream Of The American Dream?

Immigration has been part of America since its creation in 1776 and the idea of the American dream has existed since then. Although it only became popular during the later half of the nineteenth century and onwards. This is the ideal that led to a largest immigration boom of the early twentieth century; leads us to ask the question today. Has the american dream become easier or harder to achieve since that time? I believe that its moderately easier to succeed due to assistance from various factors.

Early on in the twentieth century a large amount of of immigrants from Europe, Russia, and Asia flooded into american after hearing the gilded ideal of the “American Dream.” Which proclaims that anyone can make it in America and have a right to

A few examples can be seen in my family. My grandfather and grandmother from my mothers side both from scotland moved to America in 1974 with two kids, my mother and older uncle. They moved due to lack of labor available for my grandfather who is a carpenter. It actually took them a three year waiting period for them to move and there were two options either America or Africa, but America allowed them to travel sooner. When they first arrived they lived in a small apartment, and then moved into a modest row home that they are still in today. When compared to earlier immigrants it only took them a few years to move up the chain when they both started with nothing but some small savings since they left everything in scotland. This also shown that the way to get into America is definitely became stricter especially compared to say Ellis Island of New York that let you in as long as you weren’t deathly ill. Also with education being public/mandatory and more importantly inforced; all three siblings, my mother, uncle, and aunt (Born in america) were able to complete up to High School without much trouble due to cost being much lower since its covered by taxes. Also her father was paid higher (even when adjusted for inflation) due to minimal wages being highly enforced in all industries unlike the early 1900s. So you could say my mothers grandparents reached the “American Dream” by their mid 40s which when compared to previous immigrants is significantly faster than them, in fact they might be in their second generation already and yet my grandparents reached it much sooner. Then theres my parents who managed to reach it in their early 30s. My parents went from A small apartment in maryland to a row home across from her parents in collingdale and to a single home in Aldan all within 15 years span. With my father working for a construction company and moving up the chain