liberty

fortune

equality

immigration

individualism

independence

progress

politics

individualism

The puritans

Uncle Sam

Ellis Island

Manifest Destiny

4th of July

New Canaan

Frontier

The stars and stripes

Melting pot

Multiculturalism

gives hope and will to live

euality of oppurtunities

social background doesnt matter=social mobility

is the ideal to encourage people

children will do better than parents

Donald Trumps politics and ignorance of the corona virus caused a lot of damage and the USA is suffering more than other countries on the effects of corona

Americans and others around the world lose faith and this is going to effect the upcoming election and future of America

world watches and loses faith in "superpower"

Founding Fathers were themselves dreamers->believed that it was possible to run a country on the principles of personal liberty,self-governance and individual rights

Decleration of Independence 1776"all men are created equal"

US-constitution 1787->established government with 3 independent branches to prevent any branch of becoming too powerful

Bill of rights 1791->to ensure the individual rights and freedoms of Americans by limiting powers of government(e.g. establish new religion)(did not always apply for everyone), still discrimination

students in the USA are encouraged to enter essay competitions in which they write about what America means to them

thesis of a winning essay:People in America have rights only dreamed of by others, tremendous military strength, vast technology, high standard of living,diversity, freedom of religion/speech, democracy,justice system, first amedment of constitution

Neil Armstrong was the Americnan first man on the moon-> Americans are really proud of this accomplishment, thus there ae still myths about it, just like people say that the American Dream is a myth too

mostly white-working class Americans (especially men)

becaus ehe talks about things that concern them, like bringing back jobs to people who are worried, immigrants are blamed

Trump and Clinton: up to 250 million from donations, banks, raised by events

spend on baloons, race to the white house, advertising on TV, ads in newspapers

Germany in contrast is much more subtile and not that expensive

Super PAC´S: political action committees, can support political parties financially

fundamentalism: believes in everything god says(word by word)

dangers: encourages distrust of science and logic: shows in high school students it basically leads to lack of education

Ronald Reagan:let us renew the compact, speaks about aspects of the AD, religion, settlers, founding fathers, pride, freedom,taking care of needy, values american spirit

Donald Trrump:presidental announcement speech: current situation of USA and ideas egarding leadership

Hillary Clinton:Nomination acceptance speech

gives people false hopes

thousands who do not succeed go unnoticed

statistics show that americas social mobility is actually lower than europes

rich become richer, poor stay poor

ethnic minorities have a lower income

AD for whites only?

complain aout not being loved by some people, but dont accept anything thats not american

America has great work oppurtunities, fim industy

amalgamation of every culture in the world

1st and 2nd amendment allow freedom of religion and speech but also make it easier to have access to guns

America is the country with the most school shootings

"to the security of free state" = no trust in government

more criminality, accidental deaths

right that applies to every human

painting shows need of classless society