Summary Of America Can Be Redeeed By Trouble

Trouble can be seen as negative, though in some cases, also positive. John Lewis, a civil rights activist who passed away in 2020, wrote to his readers before his death reminding them that we can “redeem the soul of America by getting into what [he calls] good trouble, necessary trouble”. This type of idea can be controversial in the minds of many Americans. However, after viewing both the benefits and costs, it is evident that this idea that America’s soul can be redeemed by trouble is a positive, effective way to view actions taken throughout American history, such as the Civil War, Women’s Suffrage, and the Civil Rights Movement. To begin, one time trouble had a positive effect on the United States was the Civil War. Throughout almost half

However, after the war raged on, the northerners decided they wanted slavery gone from their country. This fight went on for 4 years. In the end, the North won and Abraham Lincoln declared every African American free in the United States. However, even after both World Wars, this is still the bloodiest war in American history. Thousands upon thousands of soldiers were killed from both the North and South. Was this “trouble” worth all these lives that were taken? Even though there were many casualties in this war, our country would not be where it is today without the war. Slavery may not have ever been abolished without this fight. African Americans would have still been treated like property and their rights and freedoms may not have ever come. All these people, whose lives had been taken, sacrificed themselves for African Americans and their freedom. Nevertheless, this is not the only time “trouble” has helped redeem the soul of America. Furthermore, another time America redeemed itself through “trouble” was with the fight for Women’s Suffrage. Since the 1800s, even before the Civil War, women have fought for their right to

Government officials hoped that if they were not out free, the movement would start to go away. Though, after decades of fighting, Congress finally passed the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. However, there may be people who see this movement as pointless. Why would they need to get into this “trouble”? Eventually, women might have been given the right to vote without a fight. Through that viewpoint, we can see that there is no definite answer that women would have ever been given this right without a fight. At the time this movement took place, these women did not see a world where men would give them the right to vote. If they had not gone through this fight, America might have still been the same as 100 years ago, when women were still not legally allowed to vote. Though, there was still another time when America redeemed its soul through “trouble”. Finally, America, once again, got itself into “good trouble” throughout the 1960s with the Civil Rights Movement. After the Civil War, segregation and racism were still strong and prominent across the