Democracy has its foundations built on the minds of its subjects. ... However the strengths Democracy provides were illuminated, through the surge of female evangelists, the increase of amendments granting Women and African-American rights, and the growth of the majority's power. ... This attribute is one of the cornerstones of American democracy and policy. One of the most beneficial aspects of democracy for the reformation of American prejudice was the 1st Amendment. ... This is the greatest attribute of democracy, because the Constitution ties together the American people, and the ela...

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Turner redefined American history by stating that the settlement of the West by white people - "the existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward" - was the central story of American history. Prior to this statement, the frontier was only a backdrop to American History. ... Turner's thesis that the frontier played a large part in creating and fostering democracy is correct. American democracy was cradled in the American people's ability to expand freely, promoting individualism, yet centralize the new government so that i...

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He was endowed with splendid wisdom, illustrious dignity, consciousness and insight that shaped and changed the American history. ... This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy" The Collected works of Abraham Lincoln. ... Abraham Lincoln should be a role model to every individual and president to the United States of America. ... I doubt that America would be the greatest country as of today, if it wasn't for the unifier Abraham Lincoln. ...

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Also, many African-Americans were the victims of intimidation by racist, anti-black groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. ... Moderate Republicans from both the North and South, pursued a strategy of gentle reunification of the two sides, but made it clear that slavery was forever gone from American soil. ... The divisions between each party created an atmosphere of tension and worry among the newly reunified states and did little to move America past the hellish days of civil war. ... He justified this plan by pointing out that Southern society was more closely related to a feudal aristocracy th...

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If Whites are just as likely to break drug related laws as African Americans, how is it possible that an African American man is 30% more likely to go to jail than a White man? ... Bush, 4,789 African Americans per 100,000 were incarcerated (2004). The United States is suppose to be a country that is about the people because it is a democracy, yet numbers show that it is a country that cares only about economic prosperity. ... There are currently more African Americans under correctional control today, than African Americans who were enslaved in 1850 (p78). ... The oppression of whites on Af...

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But the national pride soon lost life when American's found them face to face with the issue of whether slavery should follow the expansionists in to the new territories. During the 1850s several different views on slavery's expansion and its position in America's future gave doubt and resentment between the northerners and southerners. ... An overlapping ideal in Foner's book, essentially says that slavery is a solvent of democracy. This allows for democracy to disband and eventually end the Second Party System. ... While this may be an overlapping term that fits the defin...

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African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. ... Being a mason meant believing in equality and democracy. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. ... Many years after Hall's death, the Prince Hall Masons continued to meet and promote lives of virtue, equality and democracy. ...

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Freedom I feel that January 1st is the day of the year that is most suitable as a day of honor and celebration for the United States of America. ... Lincoln openly expressed his belief that slavery did not concur with American democracy: "When the white man governs himself," he said, "that is self-government; but when he governs himself, and he also governs another man-that is despotism. ... In December of 1865, just months after the close the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed and forbid the owning of slaves in all parts of the United States, fulfilli...

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Bowers author of "A Tragic Era" whom works referred free African-Americans as "simple minded." ... The efforts to mend black and white relations as equal political democracy, the building of schools to educate former slaves and the attempt to rebuild the south economy. ... Even they had a little political power in some southern country it was nothing major enough to cause change in American society. ...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. ... In fact, she says, "cotton productivity, no doubt due to the sharecropping system that replaced slavery, remained central to the American economy for a very long time Cotton was the leading American export from 1803 to 1937." 1. ... As America evolved Southern states and their representation argued for powerful state rights to protect the interest of farmers. ... They distrusted bankers, cared little for commerce and manufacturing, and believed that freedom and democracy flourished best in a rural society composed of self-sufficient farm...

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His achievements in government had cleared a path for other African Americans to follow. ... At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. ... This newspaper finally gave the black people of America a voice. ... Not only did these achievements pave the way for other African Americans to follow, but they also weakened the stereotype that African American people are an inferior and sub-human type of being. ... Frederick Douglass fought for the equality among all humanity and wrote, "The...

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The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. Yet, prior to the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans were still enslaved. ... Laws, called Black Codes, were imposed to severely restrict the rights of African Americans. ... They adopted nonviolent mass action as a strategy and insisted that equal rights were essential for democracy. ... Many African Americans were outraged by the continued inferiority placed on people of color. ...

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More Americans died in the Civil War than in all other wars America has fought in combined. It came very close to destroying the American government and culture for good, yet it also saved the country. ... They question whether Lincoln was justified in stopping the South from leaving the Union and whether it was hypocritical for a government to uphold democracy and yet stop people from selecting their own government. ... Whether this makes him America's "greatest" president is unclear; other presidents have also done great things. ... Many Presidents in America's history have done ...

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Abraham Lincoln and Equal Rights With America struggling in a state of Civil War, the nation's very core was being shaken. ... After the war was over the American people knew what it felt like to finally be free. ... Times ironically sparked by the same conflicts that ignited the American Revolution. ... According to Our Secret Constitution, How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy, by George Fletcher, Lincoln created a "Secret Constitution" in addition to the one created in 1786 by the founding fathers, through his actions. ... The Civil War was, and still is, a very dark point i...

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"The CTCA promised Americans that their troops would return healthier and more wholesome than when they left." ... As Bristow explains, the CTCA took on the paternalistic qualities of the Progressive reform, despite their emphasis on a fair democracy. ... The camps included a large percentage of working class men, African Americans, and immigrants. ... The CTCA was up against opposition from African Americans, and after the war ended, began to have many more problems with many other groups of Americans. The CTCA was unable to establish a permanent niche in American society. ...

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He used the Biblical reference of the enslaved Israelites and compared their plight with that of the blacks in America. ... " He quickly proved that every slave was a man and deserved to be counted equally, regardless of color, but on the grounds of being born in the United States of America and being engaged in all enterprises that were common to other men. He ardently spoke out against the brazen hypocrisy of the Americans in celebrating a holiday of individuality and freedom while keeping millions of victims bound to their masters. ... His antislavery stance forced his audience to ques...

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While some may argue that slavery no longer affects African-Americans, we still see small amounts of animosity even today. ... Although the average American had little power or say regarding the issue, many were brainwashed into believing African-Americans were inferior or unequal. ... Thus, the greatest threat to democracy was seen as coming from class warfare that destabilized a nation's economy, society and government, and threatened the peaceful and harmonious implementation of laws.... Jefferson, the genius of politics, could see no way for African-Americans to live in society as fr...

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Although the former slaves were undeniably freed, the foundations for a racial democracy were laid, and the country was once again united, overall, Reconstruction was a period of political strife, shortcomings, and general failure. ... In its final form the Fourteenth Amendment defined American citizenship, (includingblacks) prohibited states to pass laws which hurt the natural rights of blacks, and established a franchise clause which potentially gave blacks the right to vote. ...

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The 19th century witnessed the birth of two monumental movements in American history: Abolition of Slavery and Women's Suffrage. These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... The Awakening sparked a critical concept; that through religious efforts and moral reform, America could possess a perfect society. ... Incidentally, the Abolition movement gave women a rare and untraditional opportunity to be public advocates to the people of America. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ...

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The 19th century witnessed the birth of two monumental movements in American history: Abolition of Slavery and Women's Suffrage. These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... The Awakening sparked a critical concept; that through religious efforts and moral reform, America could possess a perfect society. ... Incidentally, the Abolition movement gave women a rare and untraditional opportunity to be public advocates to the people of America. ... She was said to be the first African-American woman to deliver a public speech. ...

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