All men are created equal

from all around the world into America where they expect to find their version of the true American dream. To live in a place where freedom of opportunity is the normal and everyone is considered equal. This is not the case, while we all have the freedom of opportunity, we do not have equal opportunity. There is no normal here in America, everyone is different so everyone will be treated differently. The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence states that “all men are…

One day in the year 1920, all white men gathered together and voted. It was election day and more than a million women got together and for the first time in history, spoke their minds about voting as females. On August 21, 1920 all of the females heard about something. The constituion ratifed the 19th admendment causing American women everywhere to have the same rights as men. Before all of this, there was a group of women activists that held a meeting about womens rights. It was located in…

was an inevitable conflict that happened from April 2nd, 1861 to April 9th, 1865. The Constitution said that says that all men are created equal, and the Declaration of Independence said that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, which are life, liberty and happiness. However, slaves and the black race weren’t seen as equal, and were often discriminated against. Furthermore, the economy of the North and South was drastically different,…

as a family and preserves those in need. As a future officer in the strongest land fighting force on the planet, an oath must first be taken upon commissioning. I stating that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. This will be my second time saying these words, but unlike the first time as an enlisted soldier,…

“All Men are Created Equal” Kurt Vonnegut saw forced equality around him and wanted to write about how it affected the society around him. He saw countries like the USSR adopt a society that where there was not any classes. Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is a satire story set in 2081, where everyone is considered to be equal in physical attributes. The main attributes that are being targeted in the story are intelligence, strength, and beauty. Would everyone being equal lead to a bad…

and plants. After that, the sun, moon and stars, the birds and the fish, animals and humanity are created. The purpose of God of having created humankind is found in Genesis 1:27 that says: “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Here, humankind is being represented as the image of God. According to Genesis, man and woman are equal. None of them is more imaged to God. Before God, they are absolutely the same. However,…

the Brave,” as noted in Francis Scott Key’s, The Star Spangled Banner. But does America really justify this claim? During the early 19th century, America had seen hope, independence, and freedom. In fact, the “Declaration of Independence” epitomizes all three of these aspects. The “Declaration of Independence” granted the 13 original colonies freedom from Great Britain. So yes, in general, people believe that America justifies the claim that it is the “land of the free and the home of the…

telling all the states where they stand. Following the three fifths compromise, was The Missouri Compromise of 1820. In which Missouri was announced a slave state, and Maine a free state. Not long after came The Compromise of 1850 which consisted of five major bills passed by the united states congress. Last but certainly not least, was The Kansas/Nebraska Act of 1854. Which was basically the creation of the states we now know as Kansas and Nebraska. The statement “ All men are created equal”,…

determine their purpose, develops a central idea, considers the audience, and much more. Everyone wants to get their point across, and what better way to do that than to write a speech. Influential people are presenting speeches all the time to get a point across to people all around them. “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. was an effective speech. He was an activist who was known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence tactics, such as this speech. Throughout the speech to make…

Independence, a text that Jefferson himself had written only a few years prior. Banneker cited, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” In 1791, it was evident that not all men were created as equally as Thomas Jefferson had claimed in the Declaration. This was a clear travesty of…