The Land of Opportunity

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The Land of Opportunity by Mind Map: The Land of Opportunity

1. The Frontier Tradition

1.1. Keyword : Wild West ; happiness ; California ; space conquest ; sunbelt ; Darwinism

1.2. Cartoon

1.3. The Myths

1.3.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2cniQfo1d0

2. Tagxedo

2.1. http://www.tagxedo.com/artful/12dd0b3ae7914c46

3. Puling the welcome mat

3.1. Immigrants

3.1.1. http://www.networklobby.org/history-immigration

3.2. Cartoon

3.3. The new immigration

3.3.1. http://wdtn.com/2014/06/09/daytons-plan-to-attract-immigrants-gets-national-attention/

3.4. Keyword : Mexican ; Wetbacks ; gate crashing ; dream ; dangerous

4. Self-Made Men

4.1. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss

4.2. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie

4.3. Cartoon

5. Glogster

5.1. http://john68400.edu.glogster.com/the-land-of-opportunity/

6. Social mobility

6.1. Horatio Alger

6.1.1. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/09/06/horatio-alger-shaped-america-views-immigration-but-what-way/CUZUUHQlGUrDQzqmnfZ0QP/story.html

6.2. Immigration

6.2.1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States

6.3. If I were a rich man

6.3.1. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9twwq_if-i-were-a-rich-man-si-j-etais-un_music

6.4. Keyword : Social ladder ; self-made ; pioneering ; opportunities

7. Geographical mobility

7.1. In climbing income ladder, location matters

7.1.1. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/business/in-climbing-income-ladder-location-matters.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

7.2. Transcontinental Railroad

7.2.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0lxIMMb9E

7.3. Cartoon

7.4. Keyword : Boundless ressources ; transcontinental railroad ; Gold Rush

8. Quizlet

8.1. https://quizlet.com/john68400