What is the American Dream?

Who created the term American Dream and where do we go from here?

The American Dream is an idea of a liberal and prosperous America. The following quote by James Truslow Adams provides us with an insight of his idea of the American Dream.

"The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.”

The United States has always been considered a land of opportunity. Many people, from the world over, have migrated to US, in search of employment and freedom of religion.

Source:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-the-american-dream.html