Timeline by Ava Hills

2015, Nancy Pelosi's Remarks on Affordable Care Act Repeal

montoniam25_3 — 2024-09-10 12:58:05 UTC

Nancy Pelosi was using the Declaration in her speech to mourn the loss of an aid program to the people of the US and urging the government to counteract what they've done by treating the citizens fairly.

In reference to Abraham Lincoln's golden apple, Pelosi uses the Declaration as the shining example of what should be done for the people of the United States.

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" 1852

batistalg26_3 — 2024-09-10 13:01:02 UTC

Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved man and an advocate for the abolishment of slavery, uses the Declaration to argue about the injustice of slavery and how it fundamentally violates the ideals written in the Declaration.

When compared to Abraham Lincoln's analogy of the gold apple, Douglass uses the inherent rights and principles that are written in the Declaration as the golden ideals of America and how these ideals are still to be achieved in society.

2009, Tea Party Movement official platform excerpt

montoniam25_3 — 2024-09-10 13:03:23 UTC

The Tea Party Movement founders use the Declaration to claim that the government is overstepping their boundaries and infringing on their natural rights outlined in the Declaration.

To the Tea party, the Declaration is their apple of gold on the sense that it is the golden standard. It is what they are experiencing and want to emulate in the modern times.

Madeleine Albright, July 4, 2000

hillsam25_3 — 2024-09-10 13:05:19 UTC

Madeleine Albright's was using the Declaration to showcase how important the principles of America are as they unite and uplift the definition of our nation and its purpose.

With Abraham Lincoln's apple of gold analogy, Albright uses the definition of democracy as a unique and free society where citizens have responsibilities and rights and the powers of the government goes back to the will and consent of the people

1843 "The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Women"

doerran261_2 — 2024-09-10 13:05:26 UTC

Maragret Fuller was using the Declaration in her speech to point to the fact that the line of the declaration "all men are born free and equal" to state that since all men are free they must know and open their eyes to those who are not free since they are the ones who are privileged enough to do something about it. This relates to Lincoln's claim about the apple of gold as the declaration is something that needs to be upheld.

"I have a dream" Speech - August 28, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

cotturoaj26_1_2 — 2024-09-10 13:06:00 UTC

Dr. King was using the Declaration of Independence to call for equality and an end to segregation. He asked America to live up to its founding values, and respect that, "all men are created equal." Like Lincoln's golden apple, King uses the Declaration as a promise, and inheritance, of what equality and freedom should mean in modern America.

Kansas-Nebraska Act and Abraham Lincoln, 1854

batistalg26_3 — 2024-09-10 13:06:38 UTC

Abraham Lincoln was using the Declaration to point out the hypocrisy behind slavery and the expansion of it outlined in the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

In reference to his own connection to the golden apple, Lincoln explains the principles outlined in the Declaration must be upheld to save the Union and make it something worth saving. When the 'golden apple' of equality is achieved, it with restore the honor and harmony in the United States.

Barack Obama election speech, 2008

hillsam25_3 — 2024-09-10 13:12:13 UTC

Barack Obama is using the Declaration of Independence to unite the people of the United States through the ideals of democracy and community

To Abraham Lincoln's apple of gold analogy he brings people together saying we are, and always will be, the United States of America. He is saying the true strength of the nation from the enduring power of our ideals.

Document 3C - August 22, 1964 - Frannie Lou Hamer

cotturoaj26_1_2 — 2024-09-10 13:14:04 UTC

Frannie Lou Hamer was using the Declaration of Independence to call for an end to police brutality and racism. She asked America to live up to its founding values, and respect that African-American citizens deserve the right to vote in peace, to live in peace, and to be able to sleep without fear. Like Lincoln's golden apple, Hamer sees the Declaration as something worth respecting and preserving for everyone of every race, black and white.

July 19-20, 1848 "Declaration of Sentiments"

doerran261_2 — 2024-09-10 13:14:33 UTC

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucreta Mott used the declaration of independence to acknowledge women's rights to escape the tyranny of man, as the founding colonists did with Britian. Women's equality in relation to the declaration of independence can also relate to the apple of gold theory by proving that the freedom declared in the declaration is not equality if it is not upheld by all individuals.

Document 3A - February 1943 - Ella Baker

cotturoaj26_1_2 — 2024-09-10 13:27:29 UTC

Ella Baker was using the Declaration of Independence to call for a more equal America. An America that lived up to its founding values, respecting that everyone deserves to be treated equally. Like Lincoln's golden apple, Baker sees the Declaration as a symbol of democracy and the base of democratic values, a base that needs to be upheld to guarantee America's future.