The astonishing growth of education in the late 1940s ( and thereafter ) seemed yet another sign that the American Dream was well and alive . Historian James Patterson explains how the increase in the number of American finishing high school and attending college supports Patterson's statement

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male citizens in athens could vote on all the decisions that affected the city and serve on juries. however, democracy was not open to everyone. citizen women and children were not allowed to vote. slaves and foreigners living in athens (known as metics) were banned from participating in government.