All Men Are Created Equal Analysis

Hello everyone, I’m here to shed some light on the subject of the constitution and America itself. America was a land of opportunity from 1900-1940 because men were created equal, but because of humankind creating social issues, it failed. This is true looking at the history of America and the literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” (All Men Are Created Equal). That being translated, it should be obvious that people were created as equals and should be treated as such. It states that we are gifted by their creator with rights that cannot be taken away. Those rights

The people created racial issues that carried on for a long time. Homer Plessy is a perfect example. Plessy was only ⅛ African American but he was still arrested when he tried to ride in the white person train car. Plessy then argued that the congregation laws violated his 14th amendment rights but was overruled by the Supreme Court. Many different races faced problems with equality. Native Americans were forced to have their children go to boarding schools that only allow them to speak English and the children were forced to practice Christianity instead of their traditional culture. Many tribes would attempt to resist the pressure of giving up their culture. But racial issues did not end there. African Americans would not be hired to work by white factory owners unless white workers we on strike. The housing was awful, they were limited to parts of cities which became overpopulated. And no one would help. White progressives refused to make racial issues a priority so people were forced to stand up for themselves. Multiple races were treated the