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What are some key American ideals?
Magna Carta (English, Pre-America))
Mayflower Compact (Pre-America)
Give me Liberty…
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Sentiments
I have a Dream
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What are the key words?Document Key Words
Magna Carta “Barons,” “royal,” but also “free,” “liberties,” “justice.”
Mayflower Compact “God,” “Sovereign,” “King,” “Submission.”
Give me Liberty “British,” “Subject,” “God,” “liberty,” “fight,” “country,” “chains,”
Declaration of Independence “people,” “independent,” “colonies,” “States,” “Government,” “right,” “Laws,” “powers,”
Constitution “States,” “President,” “United,” “House,” “Congress,” “Senate,” “Law,” “Representatives,” “Office,”
Bill of Rights “Amendment,” “States,” “United,” “law,” “public,” “Legislatures,” “Constitution,” “Congress,” “People,” “time,” “rights”
Emancipation Proclamation “United,” “States,” “Rebellion,” “People,” “Persons,”
Gettysburg Address “nation,” “dead,” “people,” “dedicated,” “great,” “living,” “war,” “devotion,” “God,” “conceived,”
Declaration of Sentiments “rights,” “government,” “laws,” “women,” “happiness,” “law,” “man,” “history,”
I have a Dream “freedom,” “dream,” “ring,” “Negro,” “today,” “come,” “justice,” “every,” “day, “nation,” “together,” “satisfied,” American”
Civil Rights Act of 1964 “Commission,” “employment,” “person,” “State,” “Action,” “court,” “organization”
Common themes:
From royalty to democracy
Freedom delivered through government
