Fundamental values incorporated in the American Constitution
Write an essay (1000 words minimum) about Those ideals and principles are discussed in the first and second chapters of your textbook. You can also visit the following websites to read the original document in which these fundamental values were first stated and how they were later incorporated in the American Constitution:
Sample Solution
The Constitution underpins the country`s foundational values, i.e. human dignity, equality and freedom – and lays out the vision of a good society that the country seeks to become. The word “equality” did not appear in the Constitution of 1787 or the Bill of Rights of 1789. While the Constitution guaranteed rule of law to all citizens and provided security of liberty under the law, the existence of slavery and inequalities in the status of women contradicted the idea of equal rights. It was not until after the Civil War that equality was deliberately addressed in the Constitution through a series of amendments: the 13th Amendment (1865) banned slavery; the 14th Amendment (1868) guaranteed equal rights of citizenship to all Americans, with special intention of protecting the rights of former slaves.
