Mount Rushmore has served as a patriotic symbol that stands for America's freedom and history. ... Robinson suggested that it should be based on the heroes of western history. ... The Articles of Confederation are still immensely important to this day because it built a foundation for our constitution that we continue to abide by. ... Thomas Jefferson was one of the founding fathers who marked his own importance into history and the freedom of America. ...

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Frederick Douglass Born 1818 (?) in Tuckahoe, Maryland Died 1895 in Washington D.C. Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. Never knowing his mother or even the identity of his father, he was born a slave and escaped to the north when he was twenty years...

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In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the country. ... Nat Turner - Nat Turner, a black slave and preacher, led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. ... More whites died during the rebellion led by Turner than in any other in the nation's history. ... Although he had been Garrison's protege and friend, they eventually had a public and dramatic falling out over differing interpretations of the Constitution. Whereas Garrison regarded the Constitution as a pro-slavery document, even going so far as to publicly burn it, Dougl...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... States rights The South argued that each state had the right to secede–leave the Union–at any time, that the Constitution was a "compact" or agreement among the states. ... Constitution. ... Constitution before the 1860 presidential election. ... The southern states believed slaveholding was a consti...

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The Emancipation Proclamation: A look at emancipation and the motives behind it Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Contents ... .2 Preface ..3 Introduction ..4 Main Text .4 Conclusion . 14 Appendix ....16 Bibliography ...20 Preface When I first selected a topic I had planned a compare and contrast paper looking at the Governments of the North and South during the Civil War. However I quickly found that doing any justice to this subject would require much more than time would allow, nothing less than a book. Thus I was faced with narrowing my topic withou...

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