America's Democratic History

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5 pages in length. The scope of democracy reaches far and wide with regard to its interpretation; while the nation's founders set forth a clear and highly transparent definition, the democratic concept has undergone an ongoing revision of meaning wholly dependent upon the objectives of specific agendas. Reining in these misconstrued undertones is as simple as revisiting some of the most fundamental documents that illustrate the foundation of what democracy truly means: the Declaration of Independence, President Bush's second inaugural address and the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.