Jefferson was a lifelong owner of slaves although he helped to declare, "all men are created equal" when writing the "Declaration of Independence." ... In Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence he blames the king(s) of Great Britain for slavery. ... Jefferson questioned why the Union would "perpetrate this act of suicide on themselves" (pg. 569). ... The question of whether Thomas Jefferson was an atheist? ... However those unanswered questions that Jefferson had were between him and his God! ...

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I visited an exhibit titled "Road to Presidency," which houses a 1832 engraving of the Declaration of Independence. ... The presidential forum a interactive exhibit unlike anything I have every seen has touch screen monitors where you can ask about 300 questions and hear Nixon answer back on a big screen monitor. ...

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In addressing the first question, the question of legitimacy of government is all but asked. ... The constitution owes its legitimacy to the Declaration of Independence, which all but quotes Locke's views of the social contract. ... The simple answer to this question is the constitution. ... The question of each branch's role in regards to the law is explicit in the third question. ... The question, "How have those procedures changed over time?" ...

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The American spirit of "Manifest Destiny" which had remained unbroken since the founding of the Republic reached one of its peaks at the end of the nineteenth century. The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. In 1867, for example, William H. Seward, Secretary of Stat...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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• Grade Level: High School