Assignment The Declaration of Independence states "that all men are created equal." ... However when the Declaration of Independence was constructed, "All men" generally meant white, free, and literate. Basically the founders of the declaration of independence would have identified themselves as "all men." ... "That all men are created equal" is the main phrase in the Declaration of Independence that pertains to civil rights. ...

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Our country is based on this phrase and the declaration of independence. ... When the Declaration of Independence was written, men were considered as white landowners above the age of 21, but life has changed. ...

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The Jacksonian Democrats had felt that they were "guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liverty and wquality of economic opportunity" and in a sense this is true. The Jacksonian Democracts occasionally violated the Constitution but they only did so to prote...

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The phrase "under God" was inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance by Congress in 1954, at the height of the Cold War after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus. These were religious leaders who wanted to distinguish the United States from what they regarded as a godless communism. The pledge then...

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Took an active part in events that lead to the American Revolution. 1776- Jefferson took his seat in Congress as an elected delegate and wrote the Declaration of Independence. ... Preserved the Court's independence and established the precedent that criminal actions were the only grounds for impeachment. ... Jefferson's main goals were to restore government to its limited role, to extend the Republican's power in the federal government, to establish republican virtues such as independence, self-reliance, and equality, and to reduce the National debt as much as possibl...

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 The American Criminal Justice System is very unique compared to other legal systems around the world. There are many components to this criminal justice system and the process. From our jury system to our rights when accused of an alleged crime, our criminal justice system is entirely its own....

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One of the amazing facts of being an American is that no person should be denied the right to own land or property , because as stated in The Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal with certain rights like life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ...

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TheSon of Sam? Law: The First Amendment Gone Gray The First Amendment is, perhaps, of all the constitutional rights that American's hold dear, the most precious in our hearts. The right that grants us freedom of speech was deliberately first on the list of new priorities, thus suggesting the fo...

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Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. Following the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington D.C., many Americans have turned their eyes to heaven for answers as the age of terrorism has dawned on America. When the questi...

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The United States government was founded with the negative goal of preventing tyranny. Its framers were interested in rights of the people only as an afterthought; their logic was clear. If tyranny can be prevented, then freedom will be maximized to the limits that society itself imposes. Thus the t...

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