Synthesis Essay On Freedom And Equality

Freedom and equality have been the most debatable issues of the nineteenth century. The main question fueling this debate was centered on which social groups in American society would be entitled to freedom and equality. In this week’s readings, the authors show the constant changes/shifts in the standard for freedom, with multiple meanings and levels of freedom which occurred for each group, while creating separate class systems and causing equality to subside over time. The readings provide an in-depth look into how the federal and state governments pushed for the diffusion of rights and social oppression of African Americans; the removal of Native Americans in the south, and the opportunities for women in the nineteenth century. The