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=** American Dream ADD QUOTE FROM AUTHOR!!!! **= =media type="youtube" key="ehDvnlyJPTA" height="348" width="424"= ""Make Mine Freedom!" 1948 cartoon about saving the American dream!." //YouTube//. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]>.

=This political cartoon, while made in 1948 to counter communist ideas, provides us with a creative look on the strengths of America as a free nation, and why so many immigrants want to come to America. While used as propaganda, this video shows certain scenarios that suppress individuals in other countries and shows how the "American way" will rise to the top. =

media type="youtube" key="C48aGtPIuZo" height="349" width="560" "National: Defining the American Dream: NYtimes,com/video." //YouTube//. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]>.

=This Nytimes video regarding the definition of the American Dream is a great first hand account of what Americans see as the American dream. The theme of opportunity is mentioned and that idea of opportunity is an essential pull factor if one is to immigrate here or be a native born American trying to attain their goals. The last woman, Esther, is a great example of an immigrant who was sucked into the positive and enticing ideals of the American Dream. =

**MY COUNTRY ’TIS OF THEE** My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From every mountainside, Let freedom ring! My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">I love thy rocks and rills, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Thy woods and templed hills; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">My heart with rapture thrills, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Like that above. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Let music swell the breeze, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">And ring from all the trees, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Sweet freedom’s song; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Let mortal tongues awake; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Let all that breathe partake; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Let rocks their silence break, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">The sound prolong. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Our fathers’ God, to Thee, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Author of liberty, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">To Thee we sing; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Long may our land be bright <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">With freedom’s holy light; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Protect us by Thy might, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">Great God, our King. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"My Country 'Tis of Thee." //Cyberhymnal.org//. N.p., 10 September 2007. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]>.

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">﻿__My Conutry 'Tis of Thee__ is one of America's anthems that provides us with the beautiful images of America that would entice all that want to come or that are hoping to attain the American Dream. =

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"Unstoppable by Foxy Shazam- Tower Prep-Lyrics."//YouTube//. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]> = = =<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"Unstoppable" by Foxy Shazam provides us with the motivation and constant determination that is required to obtain the American Dream. Never backing down from your dream and achieving while others think you will never become anything is the motto for the American Dream. =

<span style="color: #0500ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential”- Herbert Hoover ==="Herbert Hoover Quotes." //ThinkExist.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jun 2011. <[|http://thinkexist.com/quotation/my_country_owes_me_nothing-it_gave_me-as_it_gives/147892.html>]=== <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> ThinkExist.com

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"American Dream." //Google//. Web. 31 May 2011. <[]>

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">This iconic image of the American Dream is what has surfaced throughout America for years. The images of happy, well dressed, well housed and well fed Americans propels many Americans as well as foerigners to try their hardest to obtain this dream of freedom that is portrayed in this image. =

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