Robinson was correct with the amount of attention the monument would get; presently about three million people visit per year (Dobrzynski). ... Borglum chose the first president, George Washington, to be on the mountain because he fought for our independence from England. Thomas Jefferson was chosen after him because he wrote the Declaration of Independence and he was also president during the Louisiana Purchase, which expanded the nation greatly. ... When work began, Borglum had about four hundred workers to help him complete this massive sculpture ("Mount Rushmore Facts and Figures&quo...

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When I first refined my topic for further exploration I was under the impression that I would be able to review the differing views of President Lincoln's attitude towards emancipation, and then to draw some conclusions about his motives, and decide if it was the great gesture it is believed to be by many today. ... "This declared indifference, but as I must think, covert zeal for the spread of slavery I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-int...

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In 1831, Turner and from 60 to 70 other slaves killed about 60 whites in Virginia. ... The Virginia militia captured and hanged about 20 of the slaves, including Turner. In addition, angry whites killed about 100 innocent slaves. ... Meanwhile, he had conceived an intense hatred of the institution of slavery and had resolved to do everything in his power to bring about its destruction. ...

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