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The American Dream Bracket*

Choose one individual from the late 1800s - 2012 that best exemplifies the idea of the American Dream.

As you conduct your research you need to identify the following:
 * Background information of the individual - create the context. Determine biases, motives, etc.(4 points)
 * The problem which they overcame to become the person they iconic individual we relate to today. (include specific details as available) (8 points)


 * similar to the format of the New Deal debates.

DAY 1 Debates on Wednesday: Who is your individual? Who struggled more to gain their achievement.

PLEASE send me the name of the individual you will be investigating. I will create a wiki link for you over the weekend.


 * Romney father was an American living in a Mexican colony and managed to make his was back to the united states
 * Mitt Romney is a Businessman and politician
 * Spent thirty months to serve a mission to France for his church
 * Came home and went to BYU for a bachelor of Arts degree
 * He also lived his dream by going to Harvard and earning a Master of Business Administration
 * Entered the work force and worked his way to chief executive officer and helped the business out a financial crisis
 * His company grew to one of the wealthiest such firms in the nation
 * While earning all of his wealth he maintained active in his church
 * In 1999 Salt lake hired him to recover the fiscally troubled winter Olympics and turned the games into a huge success.
 * in 2002 he was elected to Massachusetts Governor
 * Mitt Romney net wealth is thought to be about 70-100 million
 * In 2010, the Romney family's Tyler Charitable Foundation gave out about $650,000, with some of it going to organizations that fight specific diseases such as [|cystic fibrosis] and [|multiple sclerosis]

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