Even in periods of defeat they did not give up. ... This view seemed to give many of the soldiers a reason to join the fight and stick to it to the end. ... Soldiers spoke of liberty and independence as their cause for fighting. ... Yet my country has claims upon me strong as that of home or family." (33). ... The desire to avenge the deaths of loved ones was another factor in why the North fought. ...

• Word Count: 1225
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One way that Americans can try to keep America free is to find out some of the bills in congress that give or take away freedoms. Following this they could tell their congressperson to vote on the bill in a way that would give Americans the most freedom. ... Just as Patrick Henry stated, "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. ... Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." ... I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!...

• Word Count: 967
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning of the story is a systematic preconception for me, as the reader emphasizes his feelings based on his historical background and question myself if he is going through a hard moment, since he feels guilt and confused about what his grandfather told his father while dying in bed. ... All these words took over total attention more than his death. ... He was praised after the speech and was asked to give a speech to the town's leaders at the hotel ballroom. ... The naked girl symbolizes America's degraded value system( white power over African-American people) and m...

• Word Count: 751
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He was not allowed to be present during her illness, death, or burial. "She was long gone before I knew anything about it I received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger" (Douglass 15). ... "To use his own words, further, he said "If you give a nigger an inch, he"ll take an ell. ... He offered bread to the poor little hungry children, "who, in return, would give me the more valuable bread of knowledge" (Douglass 34). ... His incredibly influential speeches, debates, and interviews continued, about every other day f...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Opponents of slavery, called Abolitionists, believed slavery was immoral and the Declaration of Independence should be applied to everyone, slaves as well as whites, that they might enjoy the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" (Hughes 40-42, Meltzer 79-84). ... Mark 10:45 says," For even the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give ransom for many." ... Romans 8:2 says" Because through Jesus Christ the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. ... A contemptuous Confederate commander buried Commander Shaw with his Ne...

• Word Count: 1436
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political liberty and personal rights. ... In the world of 19th century self-made Americans, growing in prosperity, population and expanding westward, "freedom" could mean personal liberty or property rights. ...

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• Approx Pages: 28

National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political liberty and personal rights. ... In the world of 19th century self-made Americans, growing in prosperity, population and expanding westward, "freedom" could mean personal liberty or property rights. ...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School