Hero Of America Research Paper

“Either America will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States.” -W.E.B. DuBois, 1906 When reflecting on this quote, does this quote ruin one’s dream of America? The United States is well known for many things. America was first thought of by other countries as one of the most valiant to getting independence from Great Britain. The thirteen colonies fought with vigorous efforts and amazing team work, so America could get it’s freedom. Fast forwarding to modern day, the United States had grown enormously since the thirteen colonies. It has grown into a country that opened it’s doors to thousands of people that came from so many different backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. From the first immigrants that stepped onto
One of the most intelligent hero in America’s history is one of it’s history's greatest president, President Abraham Lincoln. He was not only one of the most superb president, yet one of the most thoughtful and determined president America had during its war against itself, the Civil War. During the time Lincoln was president, he built a strong government and republican party. He issued many of the laws that the United States still have in its books today. Lincoln was not able to see his country reconstruct, but he was able to have a say in what he wanted before his assassination. He wanted to rewrite the Bill of Rights, so slaves would get the same rights as white Americans. With this, he wrote the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments stating slavery should be abolished, everyone was granted citizenship and equal rights, and every man that is a citizen in the United States had the right to vote, it does not matter about their race, skin color, and background. Abraham Lincoln’s decisions and ideas were never agreed by everyone, because everyone had their own ideas and opinions. That is was makes human beings, people. Everyone has their own opinions and ideas which can contribute into a bigger idea or turn into a
America has destroyed ignorance, but at the same time ignorance bombed and destroyed the United States. My opinion in this can not be decided, because America had fallen in its history, yet have gotten back up and burst into a country that have not given up. I believe America is strong both ways knowing that everyone has their own way of comprehending, learning, teaching, and putting in the effort. Those who put in effort will succeed more than those who do not. Americans have their own opinions and way they look at life; some would take a shot at something they might not have thought of doing before, yet others not so