Wall Of Separation Dbq

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7 Assignments: Wall of Separation Assignment

The religious and the government dominance remains the most disputed or discussed issues in any country of the world. However, the separation line between theses both significant domains would be commendable in order to decide powers, rights and responsibilities in the society. The Wall of Separation, a metaphor also proves to be a controversial topic in the US so as to draw a parallel line between the local and federal government and religious institutions or arrangements. In fact, chiefly, Jefferson and Justice Black have momentous opinions or contribution on this topic of “a wall of separation between church and State or laws”. Both persons seem to

be having wide-ranging views on this particular matter (Goff, 2012). Hence, this paper will show differences between Jefferson’ meaning of his "wall" metaphor with the explanation given by Justice Black from the given article.
Focus upon studying an article, it can be concluded that, Jefferson feels that, the wall between the government and churches should be impenetrable.

However, it seems that, he only put emphasis on federal government’s exclusion from the churches’ decisions or other engagements. But, he indirectly prefers or lets the state government to take actions or decisions on the religious matters. Hence, it can be said that, he outlines state and federal government’s duties or powers in the matter of religious proclamations, interests or decisions. On the other hand, Justice Black in the case of Everson v. Board of Education (1947) helps to achieve the Jefferson’s metaphoric use of “wall” in the true meaning by excluding any government (federal, local or other) by way of not allowing these institutes to interfere in any religious matter, especially regarding the founding of religion by law theme (Daniel,

2006).
In summary, it can be thought that, in the context of “wall”, Jefferson has made a distinction between federal and state government’s role in the matter of religious topics or themes; then again, Justice Black indeed made the wall secure by putting forward true separation concepts of any kind of government’s elimination from the religious subjects.

8 Assignments:
1. War in Popular Memory assignment. After listening to the "Battle of New Orleans" do some research on the web to learn about the song and its writer. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
a. Who wrote the song?
b. Why did he write it?
c. What other historical songs did he write?
d. Could this song be an example of propaganda? If so, how?
The said song is written by Jimmy Driftwood (school principal with having much interest in the history) in order to describe and explain the Battle of New Orleans (1815) from the viewpoint of an American warrior to his students with amusing way Apart from Battle of New Orleans, he also wrote “The Tennessee Stud”, “Down in the Arkansa”, “He Had a Long Chain On” and so on historical songs.

His songs were believed to be spreading awareness about the sensation and loveliness of Arkansas folk culture, predominantly in the spaces of folk music and folk storytelling, with the intention of helping the environment to remain sustained. This theme is clearly reflected in aforesaid and other written songs (Patterson,

2008).

Fort Mims Massacre: An Article for a Local Newspaper
In the year of 1813, on 30th August, a battle of The Fort Mims massacre has occurred in the period of creek war. The Creek Indians of “Red Sticks” attacked the fort Mims (Alabama) and killed approximately 500 guerrillas, colonizers, slaves and Creeks faithful to the Americans (Halbert, & Timothy, 1995).
The said attack was executed for taking vengeance of earlier gory attack by settlers (mostly White people) on Red Sticks’ families. Similarly, the Red Stick group believed in living with traditional ways, inconsistent with white society and culture. And thus, stopping the Creek nation from becoming the White’s strategy of development in the region, hundreds of Red Stick warriors, commanded by the eminent Creek warrior William Weatherford, unexpectedly had come from the forests adjoining the castle and dashed to the undefended gate and walls in the noon at meal time and killed many children, women and men (Owsley, 1981).
However, after this casualty, armies soon united on the Creek Nation and the Red Stick armed forces were lastly detained and crushed by Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend the next year in 1814.
In truth, this happening remains one of the crucial events in the human history.