Edit 2 14 â¦. Over the centuries the American Dream has taken many forms. Some versions are simple like owning a house with white picket fence. Other versions are grander such as the ideals of racial equaility presented in Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. What does this have to do with Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson was an elite, slave-owning Virginia planter who died almost 200 years ago. What could he possibly have to tell us about dreams of middleclass stability or hopes of racial harmony? Why is Thomas Jefferson relevant today, or is he? Those are tough questions that Americans have to ask themselves as they look at Thomas Jefferson and his stature in American history and government. Why should Americans know about him and his legacy? The short answer is he was a visionary with a big dream for the United States. Thomas Jefferson's role in early American history was varied and controversial. He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
1 An estimated 6 to 8 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year. 2  Millions more are abandoned, only to suffer from illness or injury before dying. 3  Source: Doris Day Animal League. 4  The perceived high cost of altering is not the problem, but the lack of education, i.e., its benefits.
Altogether, 33 U.S. shelter dogs have participated in killing people since 2010, including 24 pit bulls, seven bull mastiffs, and two Rottweilers. The only dogs rehomed from U.S. shelters to kill anyone before 2000 were two wolf hybrids, rehomed in 1988 and 1989, respectively.