What Is America?

Part I of Essay
? Today this question may be answered in many ways. Some of the most common answers, however, are usually associated with democracy, equal rights, or major league baseball. Now, although this is a relatively simple question, it does not deserve such a simple answer. The ....

Part II of Essay
.... or Jefferson. Slavery, for instance, became more and more a controversial issue until finally, it led to a civil war within the less than united States. In 1861, the southern states seceded, and a war was fought between the rebels and the Union for four long, bloody years. However this battle did not end without a gain, for in 1863 President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves. Even after slavery was lifted from America’s moral back, the movement to reform America continued. Soon after the Civil War, women began ....