Question

In two to three sentences, name one well-known individual in American history and explain how his or her actions changed American society. Did the person's actions have any unintended consequences?

Answer 1

Let's go with Thomas Jefferson. He wrote the Declaration of Independance and he also didn't like slavery, although he owned hundreds of them. Thomas Jefferson didn't want to anger the southern states, by saying that Slavery was bad in the Declaration of INdependance. So, he left it out. It caused unforseen problems, which resulted in the American civil war.