Read the excerpt from the preamble of the declaration of independence and describe what it means to america today. “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

Ineed with this unit test 1. japan became a peaceful democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war 11 which step is not part of it post-war transformation -adopting a new constitution -disarming most of the military -giving women rights to vote -giving the emperor more political power 2. why did mao start the cultural revolution? -he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism -he wanted to speed up change and eliminate western, capitalist influence-he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism -he wanted to restore traditional chinese culture 3. what launched the korean war? -general macarthur led an invasion of north korea -north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea -south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang-chairman mao urged the south koreans to invade north korea