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Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along is written by Larry Schweikart. Schweikart is an American historian as well as a professor of history at the University of Dayton. As a child he grew up in Arizona where he would later attend Arizona state university. While there, Schweikart completed an M.A. and later earned his Ph.D. in history from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984.
Theoharis powerfully associates certain occurrences with characteristics of Parks. When mentioning the way in which the outlook on Rosa Parks’s actions had changes, Theoharis mentions, “The righteousness of her actions…”(3). By describing Parks’s actions as righteous, Theoharis further defied the belief that Rosa Parks was quiet. Theoharis associated bravery and heroism with Rosa Parks, and this counteracted the implications of secondary sources. The author included interpretations of Parks’s actions to further support her argument.
In response to “Making kids read The Help is not the way to teach them about the civil rights struggle”, writer Jessica Roake informs the audience that she is giving facts about how kids shouldn’t read these books because it’s written by white authors in her article “Not Helpful.” Using several rhetorical strategies, Roake effectively builds her argument. One important rhetorical strategy Roake uses is Logos. She builds her argument by using facts about the Jim Crow laws. She establishes “Jim Crow was a time of systematic oppression, when an entire population was terrorized because of the color of their skin” (Roake, 2).
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were heroic because they stood up for what they believed in which was freedom and liberty. They both believed in these ideas for different reasons. For Lincoln, he was trying to save America as well as free slaves. This idea is shown in SpringBoard on page 69 with the quote “Our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.” To illustrate this, the ship and her captain, which represents the USA and Lincoln, went through a difficult and treacherous journey, the Civil War, to reach a certain prize.
The chapters of our textbook, America: A Narrative History, written by George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shi, takes us on a historical yet comparative journey of the road to war and what caused the American Revolution, an insight into the war itself, and a perception to what life was like in America after the war was over. The essays of the book, America Compared: American History in International Perspective, collected by Carl J. Guarneri gives us a global context and a comparison between the North and South Americas in the dividing issues of labor, slavery, taxes, politics, economy, liberty, and equality. Part One These chapters in our textbook Tindall describes; the road to the American Revolution, the road to the surrendering of the British, and the road to the American colonists receiving their independence and developing the government which the people of the United States will be governed by. The road to the American Revolution consisted of several events, which escalated to the war that began April 19, 1775, as the tensions between the American colonies and the British Government advanced towards breaking point.
Famous writer Maya Angelou once said, “Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but dont be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.” People, like Elie wiesel and Abraham Lincoln are heroes who tried to make the world a better place.
O’Connor writes “Jose Antonio Vargas is incredibly brave to risk everything he has accomplished in this country in order to tell the truth”. O’Connor attempts to defend his title “Jose Antonio Vargas Is an American Hero” by introducing this argument. But, Vargas in his essay wrote a defense for himself rather than a defense for the eleven million other illegal immigrants in the United States and displayed no type of heroism. Vargas wrote “I convinced myself that if I worked enough, if I achieved enough, I would be rewarded with citizenship.” Vargas thought that working hard would earn him citizenship and he tried to convey his hard work in his essay but did not represent other illegal immigrants.
In the first chapter Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your AMerican History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen explores the common process of heroification within America’s history. The flaws of many individuals, specifically Woodrow Wilson and Helen Keller in this chapter, are usually overlooked when recounting their achievements. Loewen points outs that when heroes are recognized for certain things it only covers a short person of the person’s life. The media and schools filter out the bad to leave room for inspiration and good.
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both presented the quality of heroism by their willingness to fight for freedom, liberty, and equality. In the “White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln”, Dr. Phineas Gurley writes about how “he is dead; but the cause he so ardently loved, so ably, patiently, faithfully represented and defended- not for himself only, but for all people in all their coming generations…” The cause that Lincoln was fighting for was that every man has equal rights. Similarly, Frederick Douglass believed there should be a world where “none [are] lonely, none [are] hunted, alien…” This quote was from Robert Hayden’s Frederick Douglass poem that showed that Douglass’ legacy lived on through the ones that chose to continue
Have you ever thought where we would be if we didn’t have heroic figures that got the people justice. For example Mother Jones and Cesar Chavez both fought for fairness. Therefore if we didn’t have people like Mother Jones and Cesar Chavez we would probably be working on a dry field with a hot climate or a factory with meager wages, but which of these made a bigger difference? “Mother Jones” an informational text by Judith Pinkerton Josephson is about an old woman, Mother Jones, who marched to the White House to convince President Roosevelt to pass tougher laws against child labor or getting better and safer working situations for children. For example,“ We only ask for justice , more schools and less hospitals.”
I believe in the 19th century that the American history was vindictive. Back then they denied the rights to black folk and they also attempt to use education to destroy the Native American culture. Also, in the 19th century, a major event in American history was the quest for democracy and equality. They were lynching and beating African American during Reconstruction and segregation period in the south. By reading this I understand how we have it easy than back then.
These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.” He uses the words “champions” and “heroes” to describe these men. American soldiers were not the only ones who fought with courage and bravery.
The word hero is a controversial one in the sense that a hero is largely defined by the values of the culture using it. I myself define a hero as someone who is willing to sacrifice of themselves for the good of others. In some cultures, certain individuals could never be considered heroes simply because of their social status. Luckily, cultures can change, particularly if the individuals in the culture fight for that change. Sergeant William H. Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts regiment and the first African American to receive the medal of honor, is one of those who fought to change our culture’s values.
In the book, “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda,” by Tom Angleberger, Tommy a boy who writes everything that ever happened to him in his life. After some time a kid named Dwight, moved into his town, and Dwight had this weird Origami Yoda. Everybody assumed that the Yoda could predict the future and give helpful advice to a lot of kids. This advice actually started working for them. Tommy found the perfect opportunity to find out the truth about this weird piece of origami.
Atticus Finch and Malala Yousafzai both portrayed courage throughout their lifetimes by having extraordinary bravery and went on to become many people’s heroes to this day. In a small town like Maycomb, there are not many people, meaning everyone knows everyone. When you know everyone it’s very hard to fix your