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    Since the beginning of time, there has been an ideology that men overpower women in all aspects and that women are dependent on men, which is supported by some religions (“Women’s Rights”). This issue is still prominent all around the world today. People are putting in efforts to fix this problem, but to solve inequality in the scope of the entire world, we need to solve it in our own country. However, inequality cannot be detected easily because there’s not a definition that is unanimously…

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    The Value Of Americanism

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    What is Americanism? The love of American traditions and institutions? The love of American values? It’s all of these and much more. Americanism to me is the love of our founding ideals, great traditions, and the institutions that uphold all of these, but also our ability to create new traditions, to learn from our mistakes, and change. The US was founded on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This last one to me is the most important not only because of the historical…

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    The author wrote, “-That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (lines 9-10). This line used the repetition of the word “that” to spark a logical appeal in…

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    Theodore White’s article discussed the american dream.”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, that are among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as said by jefferson. (White 243) The American Idea we know is lacking what the american idea was back 239 years ago. There are also some aspects that has not strayed from the original point of view of an american idea. It started…

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    or four paragraphs. After all of this I will be able to prove that equality is the number one problem today in America whether it be racial, sex, or religious.…

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    The opening lines of the Declaration of Independence include concepts of the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness which reflect the american ideal of individual freedom. Declaration of independence establishes a central concept that american are born with the rights that must be practiced. In United State the natural rights are given to individual therefore,they can do want to himself. Unalienable rights are not laws however, rather natural rights of individuals humans.…

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    “When it comes to the American Dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.” (Watts 1) Historian, James Truslow Adams, has been credited as the creator of the idea known as the American Dream. This American Dream has since then further evolved into the idea that every United States citizen should have an equal opportunity to succeed and prosper through hard work and drive. Not all people are given an equal chance to share in this American Dream…

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    The Wealth Gap

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    American dream the idea that the government should protect each person's opportunity to pursue their own idea of happiness and on an equal basis. In our, the Declaration of Independence protects this American Dream. It uses the familiar quote: " all men are created equal,' and people have to right to the pursuit of "Happiness." "Life" and "Liberty ( not an exact quote) Basically, every American has an equal opportunity to become monetarily successful. But right now in America, this dream is…

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    “All people are created equal”. Are all people created equal? The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia’s State House to debate independence. On July 1st 1776 the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. The Declaration of Independence is a document of argument for independence from Great Britain. “How well is the United States upholding the principles of the Declaration of Independence?” Many people today believe that the government has been holding up the principles of…

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    was “. . . imposing taxes on us without our consent.” This is demonstrating taxation without representation, in which the colonists were not allowed to choose a representative in Parliament. Lastly, the king was also “. . . cutting off our trade with all parts of the world.” They were indicating that that the king blockaded several ports that were utilized for trade, such as the port in Boston. The colonists attempted to inform everyone of the inconveniences that the king had given them, but…

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