Paper written in class (for next years class)

When most people think of the United States, they think of the great land and how much freedom people have. Little do people know though the United States' dark hidden history. The United States is not always honest about its history and has failed to explain its dark moments in the past.

The United States government does not always teach and explain to its people some of its dark past. For example, during WWII the United States government forced Japanese people on the west coast to move inland on reservations. Not many people have heard about this tragic event, because of the lackof teaching on the touchy subject. Likewise, this would be like a teacher avoiding to tell her students something because it might upset them. Teaching is a key role in the U.S., but even when they do teach, sometimes they twist the past to make it sound good.

The government continuously twists the past in order to make its dark spots sound good. The government hales Christopher Columbus as a great man that founded the new world. What they always fail to mention though is the thousands of natives he tricked and killed. Likewise, most recently the government invaded Iraq with the excuse of nuclear arms in the country. However was known that they did not have them and just lied to invade. Yet, some still don't believe the stagering evidense.

Some people say on the other hand that the U.S. government is just trying to control its people. The problem is, there is a point when it goes from protecting the people to censorship. If they were just trying to protect, then they could find a way to teach it and protect.