How Did Thomas Jefferson Be Removed From Mt Rushmore

Nathaniel Stolarsky, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Rochelson, Humanities Project, 15 April 2024.

Thomas Jefferson should be removed from Mt. Rushmore Thomas Jefferson should be removed from Mt. Rushmore because he was a racist as shown in his treatment of slaves and how many slaves that he had, he was a hypocrite which is shown in his writing about equality, and put the U.S. in debt from the Embargo Act of 1807. Thomas Jefferson should be removed from Mount Rushmore because he was a racist as shown in his treatment of slaves and how many he had. Thomas Jefferson had a good number of slaves throughout his lifetime and his treatment of them was as any typical slave owner at the time. This meant that treatment of enslaved people included whipping them, starving

Rushmore because he put the U.S. at least $22,000,000 from the Embargo Act. Thomas Jefferson signed the embargo act because the British and French took over U.S. ships during the Napoleonic Wars. The embargo act was an act that banned trade with Britain and France after they were interfering with trade within the U. S., but doing this didn’t hurt them nearly as much as Jefferson had hoped. But it hurt the U.S. more than France and Britain. The Embargo, giving time to the aggressive powers to amend their unfair proceedings and to listen to the decree of justice, of interest and reputation, which equally urge the correction of their wrongs, has helped our country to be the only honorable expedient for avoiding war: and should a repeal of these Edicts supersede the cause for it, our commercial brethren will become sensible that it has consulted their interests, however against their own will. (gilder lehrman institute of american history) The embargo act of 1807 was an unpopular and costly failure. It hurt the American economy so much more than the British or French, and ended with a lot of smuggling. transports went from $108 million in 1807 to only $22 million in 1808. Farm prices fell fast, too. Shippers also got hurt in the accident. Harbors filled with ships and almost 30,000 sailors found themselves unemployed. (digital history) Thomas Jefferson did not only hurt the U. S. economy but more specifically hurt the merchants who were dependent on trade. This proves that Jefferson should be taken off of Mt. Rushmore: Because someone who puts the U.S. into debt that fast, shouldn’t be a role model for people all over the country. This doesn’t demonstrate what it means to be an American, because the embargo act was one of the biggest failures in U.S. history. And it completely backfired. And anyone who would be willing to take that chance shouldn't be remembered as a