US. History What it means to be a good leader? Being a good leader is being honest, brave, courageous and wanting to do great things for your country, looking out for the poor and the rich, looking out for others besides yourself. Always being honest to citizens of America, and making choices that would make the country better and stronger. Standing up for what is right and fighting to achieve your goals.
Let America Be America Again In the poem, Let America Be America Again, Langston Hughes expresses his desire for America to deliver the Dream promised to all men who were created equal. America continuously promises freedom and equality for all, but never delivers. Hughes says in line 5, “America was never America to me”. In this poem Hughes questions America’s past, present, and future morals and principles. Even though Hughes is a black American he still has the courage to question America’s unfilled promises.
We are governed by public and private interests. These interests are based on our very own constitution that is set up to give everyone an opportunity to succeed in our growing culture. American Exceptionalism is partially a reflection of our nation’s long history, but Americans can tend to be ethnocentric and judge other cultures by the standards of their own. When a lot of people think of America, they think about a country that is made up of a mixing bowl of races and ethnicities. They think of a culture that is founded on constitutional rights and god given freedoms that everyone should have.
The anthem should also be very patriotic and stir up or sense of pride in our country. The Star-Spangled Banner does a very good job of doing this and should not be replaced for this and one other reason. This reason is because The Star-Spangled Banner has been sung by generations of Americans and has become a very famous and well known song that almost every American knows by heart. If we were to choose another anthem, I would choose “America the Beautiful” because it tells of the beauty of America very vividly and
Abraham Lincoln Came into presidency with a lot on his plate, he wanted to reunite the north and the south and to put in place the emancipation proclamation. He knew what was good for the union and had his own opinion on slavery which was against it. Lincoln was fighting for a new birth of freedom not just reuniting the union. The south depended on slaves on the plantation, that’s how they were maintaining since they did not have to pay the slaves. The North with all the industrial business had a total different way of life and can see how they totally disagreed with the way slaves were being used and treated.
"Freedom for all" has always only ever come with the footnote, "some restrictions may apply." Hughes protested on how America made of, it was still controlled by the strong and rich, while the minority suffers. The immigrants came to grasp the ‘American dream’ but They ended up in the same old evil chain and found that their dream almost died. They cannot enjoy the freedom and the opportunity that this country had even though they did the big job of building America. However, we could see that the people told in the poem did not want to give up.
They were forced to America not knowing what it would be like. When they got here they saw that people came here willingly, they wanted to come and receive a piece of their own American dream. However, the Africans soon found out that this “American dream” did not include everyone. Africans were not happy or free. James Baldwin's essay, “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” shows how African Americans don’t receive their piece of the American dream.
At the time of his speech African Americans were not free, while the Declaration of Independence stated that all men are created equal. Dr. King’s vision of social health established that there is an American dream and it is achievable no matter what race, and the idea that somebody can be anything they want to be. King also points out that all men deserved life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The documents of the “Declaration of Independence” did not recognize blacks and women for 100 years prior to being signed by Abraham Lincoln . These documents were filled with broken promises and were a waste of paper, because it included rights that did not apply to every human being.
Freedom (S) Human beings have fought for freedom for ages. Although God says he creates humans equal, not all people are born equal. Since the beginning of the country, Americans have to fight against the British Empire to gain their independence. However, the Americans, who struggle for their freedom, also steal others’ freedom by enslaving the Africans. But not all of the Americans support slavery.
At times one’s instinct is accurate and at other times it is not. Judging others includes putting your guards up, becoming more aware of their surroundings. In a lot of cases women and men fall victim to people who come off un-threatening who are really sick and twisted people. Every day innocent people do get mugged, beaten, raped, and killed because they did not sense a dangerous person among them. The judgments one makes can save their lives in