The main idea of American History will be debated as long as people can remember the United States. For this web log, and the cover letter to the resume of your portfolio, you will write about the metaphoric character of American History.
1. Do any of these authors appear to disagree with each other? Explain.
2. Which statement about US history comes closest to your own beliefs? Explain by using three significant events from American History to support your belief.
3. In your own words, what’s a central theme in American History?
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
– Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
– Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH (April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, was a synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global perspective.
The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows... If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.
– Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
– Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor.
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.
– Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
– John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms
I am more and more convinced that Man is a dangerous creature, and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping, and like the grave cries give, give. The great fish swallow up the small, and he who is most strenuous for the Rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of Government. You tell me of degrees of perfection to which Humane Nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.
– Abigail Adams (née Smith) (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
– George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
– Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.
We meet no Stranger, but Ourself
– Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830– May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life
In Memoriam: John Hope Franklin, January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009. May he rest in peace.
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1. There are authors that disagree with each other. Like, Samuel Langhorne Clemins says that it was great to find America but, he doesn't think we should have had it. John Adams explains that is was such a wonderful way to expand the world by settling in America.
2. I think that Arnold Toynbee is the closest quote yet. It says here that "America is a big freindly dog that when it wags his tail it knocks chairs down." Weell I could explain this in a couple of different signifficent events. For instance, tthe Indian Removal Act when Andrew Jackson had removed the Indains so that people can settle there. Instead of being good this killed many Indians. Also in WWII they had the nuclear bombing of Hirishoma and Nagaski of Japan. Truman thought he was doing something good so it can end the war but instead it came out negative for Japan. It killed hundreds of thousands of people. Also the caliornia Gold Rush. This brought many people to there riches but since we were so greedy it killed many people.
3. I think that the centrsl theme is that America had it ups and downs, its negatives and positives but we are on full nation and we stand together as united brothers, sisters, and freinds. Together we can make this country a better place.
1. The two authors that were arguing are George Santayana
and Thomas Jefferson. They disagreeing because Mr. Santayana is saying that we’re gonna keep on repeating ourselves over and over but President Jefferson believes that The United States of America is the start of a new life, a new start.
2. The statement written by Arnold Joseph it stated that America is a large friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail a chair falls over. I think that it means every time something good happens in the world something bad happens to cover it up. And I will get back to this with three examples from American History.
3. A central theme is both that we need to listen to the past so that we will succeed in the future and also in my short life I think that adults, they think that what kids are going through is exactly the same as what they went through in the past, that their history is our history. If we keep our minds stuck in the past we won’t be able to understand the things of the future and how the future is better. In conclusion everybody is trying to succeed with themselves, just like America tries, but it’s difficult to do because they either don’t have the will or they’re stumped. In American History people have been afraid to change because something bad might happen to them.
#1. Two Authors that disagree with each other are Arnold Toynbee and Emily Dickinson. I think they disagree because Toynbee is refering America doing good but always bring the good down with something bad, and Dickinson is refering to man being able to change anything at anytime not knowing if it's gonna end better or end worse.
#2. Arnold Toynbee says America is like a happy puppy in a very
small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks something over. This
is saying that America does a lot of things that are good but when
every America does something good something bad always comes
almost immediately. There are a couple of historical events that related to this, such as, the war in Iraq which turned out to hurt America rather than helping the people of Iraq. Another historical
event that relates to what Toynbee wrote was slavery, slavery was
supposed to help white Americans make there lives easier because
their slaves would do all there hard work and they would take credit for it. Slavery did help white Americans( the ones who were for slavery) but made the lives of innocent African Americans dreadful.
Emily Dickinson says We meet no stranger, but our self, meaning you are your own worst enemy or you are the only person you don't really know. This might be true because, you could be doing something you have been doing for practically your whole life and in 2 seconds everything could change and you would be known as a different person. Sometimes these changes are for the better, sometimes these changes are for the worse. More recently the changes America has made have been for the worse. These include gas prices going up, a lot of people losing jobs because of budget cuts that are being made to pay off Americas dept and also
#3. I think the central theme is that America can go one way or the other, but no matter which way it is, something will always happens if something bad happens you might be able to change it, but it will be hard. If something good happens you might not want to change it depending on who you are, but for people that want to change it for the worse, they succeed. When something goes bad it's up to mankind to fix it for the better, but from the looks of i don't think mankind is succeeding in accomplishing that.
1. I believe Samuel Langhorne Clemens and John Adams will disagree with each other. Clemens thinks it’s great we found America, but he thinks we should go. Adams says finding America is wonderful.
2. For me Will Rogers statement “you can’t say civilization don’t advance, also in every war they kill you in a new way” really got me to think. It is true; in every war we fought we had a new way to kill people. In World War II they used nuclear bombs, submarines, fighter planes (like what happened in Pearl Harbor). This is so crazy because Will Roger is right, we find new ways to kill, it’s true.
3.For me the central theme of American history is that we have our flaws but we can fix them by not repeating our mistakes. If we didn’t learn then we can’t say we are a smart nation.
1. I think that Abigail Adams and
Samuel Langhorne disagree with eachother because Samuel wonders about the American government and how we can make things better, while Abigail thinks that George Washington made a great government.
2. The statement in U.S. history which is closest to my opinion is "The Dreams of the Future Are Better Than the History of the Past". Written by Thomas Jefferson. I feel this way because when events occur that change the past, it usually benefits our future. For example, when George Washington became President, he created three branches of government so that we could have a democratic government.
Next, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speach, helped give equal rights to the African American people. Third, when Franklin Delanor Roosevelt created his "New Deal" plan, he brought our country out of the Great Depression.
3. I believe that a central theme in American History is using items and ideas from the past and present to create a better future.
1. It appears that George Santyana and Thomas Jefferson disagree with each other. Santyana is stating that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, while Jefferson is stating that he likes dreams of the future better than dreams of the past. To make this short and simple, this means they are arguing on what’s more important, ideas about the past or ideas about the future.
2. I agree with Arnold Joseph saying, “America is a large friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.” This means that America is trying to please people, but it ends up making them unhappy as well, such as a big dog trying to please it's owner, but then knocking down a chair, and making it's owner displeased. One example is with the slaves. America after the Revolution wanted the world to see a new nation that had wonderful freedom, but did not enfranchise freedom to the slaves.
3. I believe a central theme is that no country is a utopia, not even ours. But listen to this: both Thomas Jefferson and George Santayana have a point. We need to know about the past, so we cannot make the same mistakes in the future.
1. Two authors that seem to disagree with each other are SAMUEL LANGHORN CLEMENS AND JOHN ADAMS. SAMUEL EXPLAIN THAT AMERICA IS GREAT AND THAT ITS GREAT WE FOUND IT BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO JUST HAVE LEFT IT ALONE. WHEN JOHN ADAMS CLEARLY STATES THAT I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND AMERICA as a great and wonderful place. which leads them to disagree with each other.
2. The quote the only stranger we know is our self really got me to think. Its a very interesting quote because there billions of strangers in the world but the only one we know is our self.Is interesting because some people really change A LOT SOMETIMES FOUR THE BETTER AND SOMETIMES FOUR THE WORST TAKE ANDREW JACKSON AS AN EXAMPLE. HE WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT UNTIL HE THOUGHT OF THE STUPID IDEA OF INDIAN REMOVAL. THINGS ARE ALWAYS BETTER WHEN LEFT ALONE.
3.I BELIEVE A GREAT CENTRAL THEME IS IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PAST YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE IN THE FUTURE. TAKE WAS AS A GREAT EXAMPLE. WE STARTED WORLD WAR 1 AND 2 BUT DID WE LEARN OUR LESSON THE FIRST TWO TIMES NOPE BECAUSE WE started another was with Iraq. that's why i believe that makes a great Central theme.
1. The authors would disagree with each other because they have their own point of view of America. For example; George Santayana and Thomas Jefferson. They disagree with each other because George is looking forward to people who learns the past and never make mistakes in the future. But Thomas looks forward to the future then the past. So, he thinks it would be better in the future.
2. You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
– Will Rogers
I think that this is the closet quote to my beliefs. In many wars they come up with plans like in Iraq War , Civil War, War I, War II and more. They uses weapons like arrows during the past. Now, people invent new weapons like guns and knives. We may never know what they will invent in the future.
3. In my opinion, I think the central theme is not like watching a video. Where you can rewind, pause, and forward. Lifetime keeps going. Even if people want to rewind, they can't so they regret it. I believe once you learn mistakes from the past you can fix it for the future. So, then your lifetime can make a good endings.
I think that American History is very useful. This is because we need to know how this country was put together. From the original immigrants with all of the different obstacles they had to face, to come together and unite a country. This freedom did not come without pain. Many wars, many slaves, and in the long run we realize that we are all on the same land together.
Will Rogers said " You can't say civilization don't advance...in every war, they kill you in a new way."
I think that this means that we always advance, but in bad ways. What I mean by bad ways is that, we are not helping America by stopping pollution and oother things. But, we are advancing by making new weapons like, guns, knifes, and money. Money, some people may think this is not a weapon, but it is. One person can be losing money and becoming poor, while the other person is gaining money and making new weapon.
The central theme of America, in my opinion is that everybody is an equal. We are free to pursue whatever career we want to follow. We have laws in place that protect our rights. We can travel to and from many countries without being harassed. Our four fathers did a wonderful job putting together a great country.
I believe that the two people that disagree have very different veiws of things.George Santyana states "If you do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it". Mean while, Thomas Jefferson states that he "likes dreams of the future better than dreams of the past". To sum it all up these two people are having a highly important disagreement on what's more important,facts about the past or preperation for the future.
I personally believe that George Santyana is the closest quote yet to American history and how significant it is to learn about America's past.This is also the closest quote to my own beliefs.This quote says"those who do not remember the past, are condemmed to repeat it.I have come up with this conclusion because in the past wrong prsidents were elected,bad laws were passed and wrong judgements were made.
I believe that if you put Thomas Jefferson's believes with George Santyana's you get America's central theme. It is that America should not live in yesterday but,-know of the past to have a brighter future.
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1) These authors are very straightforward on their opinions. They would tell what they think straight but you might not look it the same, straight way. You might have to think about what they really mean. Many of these authors do disagree with each other’s opinions on America; of course everyone has their own perspectives. One pair that did disagree would be, Thomas Jefferson, and George Santayana.
Jefferson says, “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” So, for Jefferson the past is not really a big deal. He thinks, “Who cares about the past, when we have the future to think of?” But, George Santayana clearly disagrees with Thomas Jefferson. Santayana says, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Here Santayana is saying that, the history of the past is so important, that is if you forget it you must repeat it. Santayana really thinks that the history is a big deal, unlike Thomas Jefferson. These are two authors who clearly disagree with each other.
2) I believe that, the statement about US history that comes closest to my own beliefs is Arnold Joseph Toynbees quote “America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.” I would agree because, Toynbee has a lot of point of views from this quote, and I looked through those to choose this as what comes closest to my statements. First I would agree with no doubt that, America is a friendly nation and tries to make the people happy because, America welcomes immigrants from around the globe and offers them citizenship unlike many other countries in the world. But suddenly America gets too happy and gets over the limits and this ends up knocking down a chair. By knocking chair, I mean doing something wrong or, hurting people in many cases. In many historical events America has tried to help, but ends up starting a war. Another example would be the Indian removal act; in this particular event Jackson tried to settle the Indians to another settlement, but this end up hurting the Native Americans and losing their settlements- or spreading a trail of tears-. This is exactly what the quote is trying to say. This is why I believe this quote comes closest to my beliefs, because, I believe what Mr. Toynbee has to say.
3) I think that the central theme of American history is that, America has experienced so much difficulty, regret, and intelligence; in the years it has lived and is living. America has made many wrong turns and some were perfectly right. By that, I am back to Toynbees saying, America has made the citizens happy, but also hurt them by erupting wars for them to clean up on. So, the central theme of American History would be, we make many mistakes but these mistakes can be fixed by a little over thinking. If something wrong has overcome you can fix it or at least try, every one should try to make a difference in history.
- Ramsha Rana
(Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.)
Learn from the past.*
1. Do any of these authors appear to disagree with each other? Explain.
After reading each statement carefully I realized that there are many authors who disagree with each other statements because of each viewing America in there own way. Some authors who disagree with each other are Samuel Langhorne and John Adams. Samuel Langhorne is stating that it is wonderful that we found America and John Adams agrees on this too stating that it’s wonderful that settlers settled in America but then there opinions are broken apart Langhorne says it would be better if we did not find America because we have to remember of what we done how much bad blood there was between nations, Native Americans, then slaves and just common people. John Adams states that the little non-sense which we did it was nothing much it meant to be that way you can’t reach victory with out blood its natural!
There were also other authors who disagree with one other for example Thomas Jefferson and George Santayana. Thomas Jefferson believes that dreams of the future are better then looking back at the terrible things you have done. In way it is true if you once bullied someone in 6th grade you would want forget about it and start thinking of the future. But George Santayana believes if you don’t remember how you got in trouble you are going to do it again because you did not care to remember it.
A other pair which disagrees with each other is Walt Whitman and Abigail Adams. Whitman is stating how common people are genius and put up America and although they don’t talk a lot they get everything done. Abigail Adams is stating that no matter what kind person you are you put up America or not all that you want is power which can be described in many words authority, greed, control, and influence.
2. Which statement about US history comes closest to your own beliefs? Explain by using three significant events from American History to support your belief.
The statements which come closest to my beliefs are from Frederick Douglass and Samuel Langhorne. The statement of which I first thought and come close to my heart was Frederick’s quote; the whole history of the progress of human liberty shows... If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. Because through history of each day there is process and struggle which we need to over come as our ancestors did in there time. For example the time when 13 colonies fought for independence from England it took a long time but happened that was the struggle for liberty. Other example would be The Declaration of Independence of why governments are formed still important today. There was also other event the Railroads in West they had made life easier for the farmer who have moved there. For other example the abolitionists they struggled to stop slavery for once and for all, the events which happened in the West in the 1800's are examples of this quote because people struggled for to get there, live there and stay there and progress was made, and lastly in overall the explorers they worked very hard to find the lands we live in and other lands to. No struggle-No progress and believe in that!
America even in our days is lazy and wants others doing there work for them and now we lost everything we are not producers anymore. Because we are lazy not struggling we are not planning and not working and we are daydreaming and not making progress. Frederick even gave us examples of how we want it to be: such as we want crops (food) without plowing we want rain without thunder or lightning and to shower a little and we want the ocean without the sound and what we do for it NOTHING! Other example will explain is we had a president who was lazy. He was Andrew Jackson he made slaves water his crops (food) for him. He even made slaves build him houses. Do you think that’s fair? I don’t!
Other statement which was close to my heart was Samuel Langhorne. He said; it was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. I agree with him because remember how much horrible things were done to reach our day. We have moved Native Americans from left to right and we have killed them and they did nothing it was our greed. Then there were slaves who we had tortured and someday did not feed them and they did all the work for us water crops, cook, sew clothes, clean the house feed the animals and much more and we did not give any respect to them. Also fight with the Native Americans when we had guns and they had useless arrows. One example would be The Battle of Wounded Knee which they lost of course. That is why of course I agree with Samuel Langhorne.
3. In your own words, what’s a central theme in American History?
Central theme in American History maybe about a lot of things such as ; Industrialization and its effects on the society, economy and political processes of the United States. Immigration and the struggle of immigrants to maintain their own identities while trying to gain social, economic and political privileges reserved for the majority. Reform movements and the struggle for social justice, America’s wars and their influence, Social and economic changes. The conflict between political entities and interest groups. The conflict between socio-economic-religious groups, Political scandals, the rise of big business, big government and big labor. The shift from a production-oriented, rural America of the 19th century to the consumption-oriented, urban America of the 20th century.The globalization of American business and politics. The increasing centralization of political and economic power by the federal government and its
increasing involvement in the everyday life of the American people. The impact of isolationism, imperialism, nationalism and internationalism on the evolution of the American political system. The growth of social complexity and the development of societal values. But I view central theme in American history as in my
quotes;
1.)The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit of others this gap is the most conspicuous, continuous land mark in American history.
2.) American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” The most important lesson of American history is the promise of the unexpected. None of our ancestors would have imagined settling way over here on this unknown continent. So we must continue to have society that is hospitable to the unexpected, which allows possibilities to develop beyond our own imaginings.
3. Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world.”
4.) Rosa sat so Martin could walk, Martin walked so Barrack could run, and Barrack ran so we all can fly.
5.) False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news.
6.) Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
By my quotes I want to conclude that there many ups and downs that we had through the history of the United States but difficulty will never be the answer because we have faced alot promblems and we always got a solution to no matter what the promlem was.Now the only problem that we have is we don't remember the past and we are stepping on the same cat's tail!
The two authors that I think disagree with eachother are George santyana and Thomas Jefferson. George santyana states that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and Thomas jefferson states that he likes dreams of the future better than the past. I think that they are disagreeing with each other because Thomas is saying that he does not like the past and he would rather wait for the future to come and George is saying that the past is what makes the future and you have to live through it no matter what.
The statement that I can best relate to is what George Santyana said, if someone can not remember the past they ar condemned to repeat it which means that if someone can't remember the past they are obviously going to do it again.
our central theme is probably that america is not perfect, we make mistakes, we have flaws and we can fix it if we try hard enough and commit.
1) Two authors that disagree with each other are George Santayana and Thomas Jefferson. George Santayana states "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," and Jefferson states "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." The future and the past are both very important. But the two seem to disagree on which is more important.
2) The statement by Walt Whitman is closest to my own beliefs. He says that the geniuses aren`t the people in government, but common people. Common people= People who pay tax money. Government= people who receive tax money. Instant wealth. The money that is earned by the common people are kobs that help bulid and support the country. Farmers bring in crops like corn, wheat, sugar, etc. The crops could be vital ingrediants in many of your favorite foods. Construction companies help build the buildings and houses people call home.
3) I think the central theme of America is that we`ve had many mistakes in our past, but from this we can learn. Even if we do learn, we can`t become a perfect society. Nothing is perfect. But we can become safer, fairer, and more free. Not completely free though. That would be madness for everybody.
1. Yes, there are authors who disagree with each other. John Adams and SamuelClemens disagree with each other. John Adams is sayingthat America is a great place. Sameul Clemens is saying that America is not perfect and America is a tragedy.
2.The statement by Arnold Toynbee, "America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags it's tail, it knocks over a chair."This quote comes to my beliefs becauseof the Indian Removal. Andrew Jackson tried to make a better life for the Indians. But he ended up to killing most of them. Slavery too but it didn't work. It wasn't fair for the Blacks. The war in Iraq, We tried to help them, But we still didn't help them either.
3. I think the central theme is that Amerca had many ups and downs.I also think that we should learn from our past. America went through alot in the past and people should learn from that.
1. Yes, two authors that disagree with each other are Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and John Adams. These two disagree with each other because Samuel is saying that it was wonderful to find America but more wonderful to miss it. John Adams is saying that America is a Grand Opening for a scene for a new world. Samuel thinks that America was good to find but would have been better if hadn’t been found. Adams thinks America is a wonderful place to start a new beginning. These two authors are clearly disagreeing with each other.
2. My closest belief comes to Arnold Joseph Toynbee’s statement. His statement is that America tries to make it a better place but then it ends up doing something wrong.
Three events that relate to it are Slavery, Indian Removal, and The War in Iraq. America tried to help white people by giving them slaves but then Innocent African Americans were getting hurt. Also the Indian Removal Act, Andrew Jackson tried to move the Natives Americans to new land but ended up hurting them. Lastly is The War in Iraq, America tried to help Iraq but went into a war with them. That is why Toynbee’s statement comes close to mine.
3. There are many central themes of America. My central theme is that we make mistakes but then fix it or overcome it. For example, when there is a war nobody wins instead you just make a peace treaty. Life is never perfect, America is not perfect you can make wrong decisions but then make right ones as well. That is my opinion on the central theme of America. Also in my opinion American History is useful in many ways.
1. thERE are authors that disagree with each other.John Adams and Samuel Clemens disagree with each other. John Adams is sayingthat America is a great place.
2. The statement written by Arnold Joseph it stated that America is a large friendly dog in a very small room when it wags his tail it knocks chairs down .he menas whenever america trys to do something good it hurts itself in the process.for example the indian removal, we tried to help the indians by moving them but they killed some in the process.another example is the war in 1812.
3.3. I think that the centrel theme is that America had it ups and downs.
1. Yes, two authors that disagree with each other are Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and John Adams. These two disagree with each other because Samuel is saying that it was wonderful to find America but more wonderful to miss it. john adams explains that is was such a wonderful way to expand the world by settling in America.
2. The statement that I can best relate to is what George Santyana said, if someone can not remember the past they ar condemned to repeat it which means that if someone can't remember the past they are obviously going to do it again. for example we enslave
many diffrent races like indian,black and jews.
3. i think th central theme of america is that america repeats itself. it never learn from its mistake.
1. Yes, there are authors who disagree with each other like Frederick Douglass who is trying to say that when America does something good and ends up doing something bad it was for the good and Arnold Joseph Toynbee but every time America does something for good or innocently, they tend to have a negative outcome in the long run.
2. I think that Arnold Joseph Toynbee comes closest to my beliefs because he said " America is a friendly dog in a small room and every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair" which means when America is trying to improve or do something good it ends up doing the opposite and it doesn't do it on purpose, it happens accidentally. For example: Indian Removal, Jackson thought he was doing good for everyone but ended up killing thousands of Natives. Slavery, people thought it was the right thing because they had jobs and land but they didn't know that
it was terrible, stealing from they're homes and Africa. The War in Iraq, Bush did it out of revenge and now we are in debts, it caused harm. Printing Money, the Government printed money for no reason, the money is suppose to equal the gold standard but it didn't and it caused economic crisis.
3. The central theme in American history is that America always has its ups and downs and with the positive there is always a negative consequence.
#1 There are many authors that seem to disagree with each other.A good example of this is Samuel Langhorne Clemins.He believes that we would have been good without finding American and John Adams on the other hands thinks that America is one of the greatest things that has happened.
#2 My opinon is that George Santyana has the best opinon about america."If someone can not remember the past they ar condemned to repeat it". His statemeant is basicly saying that you don't know the past i't bond to happen in the future.For example when Christopher Columbus came to america after a while he enslaved the indians.After discovering america they took black from africa around the 17 and 1800's to enslave them to.Many years later hitler was slaving and killing the jews.
#3 I think america's centural theme is that we're like a person climbing a mountain, we may slip and fall but if we hold our self together we may acually make it to the top.
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