HIS271Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Freedom Riders, Seneca Falls Convention, Malik
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The concept of equality proclaimed in the declaration of independence has proved to b e most controversialwithin american society. Analyze the ways americans, since 1776, has gra ppled with the question of exactly what equality means, how it should be achieved, and to which groups it applies. In this paper i plan on addressing many of the important perspectives surrounding race, gender and equality which we have been studied in detail thoughout this course. I will begin my essay by addressing what the common ideal of equality is among the american society in its early years in accordance to the declaration of independence. Followed by an examanination of which groups it either does or does not apply to and how those groups finnaly achieved their equality. The three distoinct groips of people i will be discussing in this essay are native americans, african americans and american women.
