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The '''American dream''' is the easy availability of upward mobility for [[American]]s. It means an open society with considerable movement up and down over the [[generation]]s, as opposed to tightly structured society in which the status of ancestors determines one's life chances.

The '''American dream''' is the easy availability of upward mobility for [[American]]s. It means an open society with considerable movement up and down in an indivivual lifetime, and across the [[generation]]s, as opposed to tightly structured society in which the status of ancestors determines one's life chances.

James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), a conservative historian, was the first to name "the American dream" and interpret it as the full realization of human potential:

James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), a conservative historian, was the first to name "the American dream" and interpret it as the full realization of human potential: