AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
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What is “government of the people, by the people, for the people” an allusion to?
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The constitution
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The First Amendment
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The Declaration of Independence
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Great Britain
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration of Independence is a document that officially records the proclamation that the United States is an independent country from Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Preamble describes the new philosophy of government that Jefferson and the other Founders proposed. It also justifies the “necessity” of a revolution. In this section of the document, the ideas in John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government are described in a short, simple statement.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Virginia Declaration of Rights strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the first part of the Declaration of Independence. It later provided the foundation for the Bill of Rights.
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