Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb
Harriet Tubman lead the slaves to freedom
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Ben Franklin assisted in the draft for the Declaration of independence but he is known for being the US ambassador for the revolutionary war
Franklin D Roosevelt was elected president four times
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(i) First, it is important to remember the context. America was in the midst of a bloody civil war. Union troops had only recently defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Gettysburg. It was a the turning point in the war. The stated purpose of Lincoln’s speech was to dedicate a plot of land that would become Soldier’s National Cemetery. However, Lincoln realized that he also had to inspire the people to continue the fight.
Below is the text of the Gettysburg Address, interspersed with my thoughts on what made it so memorable.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
“Four score and seven” is much more poetic, much more elegant, much more noble than “Eighty-seven”. The United States had won its freedom from Britain 87 years earlier, embarking on the “Great Experiment”.
(ii) The Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment brought about by the Civil War were important milestones in the long process of ending legal slavery in the United States. This essay describes the development of those documents through various drafts by Lincoln and others and shows both the evolution of Abraham Lincoln’s thinking and his efforts to operate within the constitutional boundaries of the presidency.
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if we don't protect the minority then the country can eventually become a dictatorship.
Explanation:
Tolerance for all people of any faith or color was strongest in the "middle colonies." There were high rates of immigrants from many parts of Europe to the middle colonies and there were also specific laws that protected religious freedoms and diversity.
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The Tutsis and Hutus are the major ethnic group in Rwanda. The Tutsis were dominating the economy and politics than the Hutus. This led to the animosity between the ethnic groups.
Habyarimana who was the President at that time was a Hutu and his plane was shot down by an unknown missile. This led to the Hutus using it as an excuse to kill the Tutsis.
