When you hear the term "America", many different ideas come to mind. Some of these ideas include loyalty, patriotism, equality, and freedom. It took hundreds of years for America to be known for these ideals. When America was first undergoing settlement, it was introduced to many different people from all across Europe. These settlers from Europe came to America for many different reasons such as religious, economic, and political. Around the time America began to …showed first 75 words of 1571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1571 total…made between the north and the south managed to keep the peace between the two for a short time but it was actually what triggered the start of the American Civil War. After the war was finally put to an end in 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House, we begin to see all the people of America taking on the role of "True Americans", not just the people of the North.