2006-11-11 07:32:43 · 5 answers · asked by monique l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
E Pluribus Unum is the United States motto, appearing on the nation’s coins and paper money, and on many of its public monuments. It means “From many, one.” First used to unify the 13 British colonies in North America during the American Revolution (1775-1783), this phrase acquired new meaning when the United States received wave after wave of immigrants from many lands. These immigrants had to find ways to reconcile their varied backgrounds and fit together under a constitution and a set of laws. That process of creating one society out of many different backgrounds is one of the biggest stories of the American experience.
The goal of E pluribus unum has been closely connected with an ongoing debate: What is the meaning of the three resounding words that open the Constitution of the United States—“We, the people.” Every generation has faced the question, How wide is the circle of “we”? The various answers to that question have defined the degree of democracy in the United States. Creating one from the many, then, has been inseparable from deciding how democratic the nation will be.
Accordingly, a second theme of this set of articles on the United States is the growth of democracy in the nation and in its institutions and culture. This process has sometimes been tumultuous and often dramatic. The idealistic agenda set forth by the Founding Fathers—that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—remains the standard by which we judge ourselves.
These two themes help connect the various parts of the American experience, each of which is described in one of the six articles on the United States. Each of the articles is one part of the jigsaw puzzle that is the American experience. The puzzle forms a picture, which can only be fully understood when all the pieces are in place.
2006-11-11 15:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by white_phant0m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On any denomination of $$$$. It is one of our national mottos and can be found on the great seal of our nation.
It's Latin for "of many - one"
2006-11-11 07:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a search engine, dear.
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2006-11-11 07:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by Annie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum
http://www.greatseal.com/mottoes/unum.html
2006-11-11 08:06:20 · answer #4 · answered by chickamunka_keh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.assumption.edu/ahc
www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/coins/portraits.shtml
2006-11-11 09:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by Shonah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋