What is the "American Dream" with examples?

The so-called American dream is the ideal that we can achieve a better life in the United States through unremitting efforts, that is, people must strive for prosperity through their own efforts, courage, creativity and determination, rather than relying on the assistance of specific social classes and others. Usually this represents people's economic success or entrepreneurship. Many European immigrants went to the United States with the ideals of the American dream. Although some people criticize the American dream for overemphasizing the role of material wealth in measuring victory and happiness, many Americans do believe that this opportunity for success cannot be found or exists in other countries in the world. Because unlike most other countries, the United States has quite a lot of economic freedom and the role played by the government is quite limited, which makes the social mobility in the United States extremely high, and anyone can reach the peak through their own efforts. From the independence of the United States to the end of 19, the vast land was uninhabited and owned, and anyone with a heart could occupy, invest and reclaim it. In the industrial revolution, the huge natural resources and advanced industrial technology in the United States made it possible for society to move rapidly, and this trend is still increasing day by day.

Around the Civil War, the United States began to industrialize. Immigrants from Europe are more likely to enter new york, Chicago, Detroit and other newly industrialized cities. Since then, the "American Dream" has taken on a new meaning.

During this period, many industrial and commercial giants were struggling to start a business. For example, Edison, who founded the General Electric Company by personal invention, Rockefeller, who exploited oil, Morgan, who was engaged in banking, and Ford, who invented the automobile production line. Their common feature is: they started from scratch, but eventually they built their own huge career through hard work and became legends.

Perhaps, these "legends" have been somewhat beautified by later generations, and even the so-called "Edison's invention" is also the assistant's many achievements. Mailer even thought that the United States was in a period of rapid economic expansion. By the time of World War I, the United States had become the country with the strongest economic strength in the world, and the domestic economic operation was also in the stage of "disorder to order", so it was natural that oligarchs appeared in various industries.

In the information age of 2 1 century, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Jerry Yang of Yahoo and the three founders of Google became the new idols of the "American Dream". With their own wisdom, they accumulated tens of billions of dollars of huge assets at a young age. Their living stories seem to show that as long as they are smart and talented, they can also succeed in America.

[Edit this paragraph] The representative of the American dream.

The embodiment of American dream: theodore roosevelt: former president of the United States: John F. Kennedy; The current president of the United States; Barack Hussein Obama; Louisiana Governor Jin Daer; Zhao Xiaolan, Labor Minister of the Bush administration; Minister of Commerce Gutierrez; Steven Chu, the energy minister of the Obama administration; Minister of Commerce Gary Locke; Chris Lu, Cabinet Secretary of the Obama administration;

California Governor Schwarzenegger; Fu Lvren, Chairman of committee of 100.