Hello, I have to write an answer paragraphs answer (10 to 15 lines) for each question, for an American Government class:
- How did Martin Luther King Jr. make use of political memory in his “I have a dream” speech?
- What are the most important tensions or contradictions among the principles of communitarianism, classical, and democratic egalitarianism?
- The declaration of independence says: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. What does this mean ? ( You may write about what this sentence meant to its writers, or what it has meant in American politics since the writing of the declaration, or both)
- The declaration of Independence says that “the right of representation in legislature” is “inestimable” (priceless) to the people. What did the authors of the declaration mean by this? Why was this right so important to the people of the thirteen states at that time ?
- The US constitution begins with the words “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more Union …”. How does the system of government details by the Constitution promote the goal of “union” or unity among Americans ?
- The Anti-Federalist were against the proposed Constitution of 1787. What were they for? What kind of political communities and government institutions did they want? Why?
- The new political parties created in the 1830s helped to make the United States a “mass democracy”. What does this mean? How did early political parties promote “democratization” in America ?
- What are the important differences in how “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address” and “ The Declaration of independence” use the Idea of Equality ?