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Oath of Allegiance of Mikael Amerikian, 1931 (NARA ARC # 595054)

Essay

Immigrant Fiction: Exploring an American Identity

Strictly speaking, all American novels (with the exception of those written by Native Americans) are in one way or another immigrant fiction. But we usually think of immigrant fiction more...

Abraham Lincoln, speech fragment on slavery and the American government, ca. 185

Primary Source

Lincoln speech on slavery and the American Dream, 1858

Through the 1830s and 1840s, Abraham Lincoln’s primary political focus was on economic...

Teaching Resource

Success and the American Dream during the 1950s

Essential Question How did conformity apply as a value to the living and working choices of Americans during the 1950s? How did the notion of success during the 1950’s relate to the “American Dream”? Materials Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, act 2, scene 1 (1949) Excerpts from “Commentaries about Death of a Salesman” (1949–1959) (...