The Subject Of Equality And Justification Of Social Hierarchy

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truly felt that this nation must have a social hierarchy in order to stay competitive with foreign powers, in the nineteenth century many people began to express their concern that minorities and women weren’t allow to participate in the American Dream. Was it really possible for this nation to practice the belief that “all men are created equal?” Could society adapt? It would probably take generations. Its a slow process to eliminate old ideas and believes that have been engraved into our society for centuries.
In the time of slavery, many slaveholders justified their economic system by attacking the philosophy of the free labor North. James Henry Hammond believed that the ‘’North had abolished the name of slavery but not the thing (document 10).’’ In his Mud-sill speech that he gave in 1858, he expresses his belief that in all social systems, a lower class is necessary, one to do the menial jobs. This class must be of low intelligence. He states that both the north and south ...

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in which the man always strives to win, and to live a life of labor and service. Roosevelt stated that, “We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those vile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life (document 22).” Hard work and determination is what allow men to raise up in society, allowing them to live conformably. The human characterics of sloth, one of the seven deadly sins, and ignorance supports the need for social hierarchy.
Andrew Carnegie, in his essay, admits that society pays a great price for the ability to compete in the market place, though the advantages are ...

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