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    Introduction In the 19th Century‚ the Utopian communities were taken to be the representatives of human civilization due to the activities they conducted. They are said to have charismatic leaders who upheld religious or secular moral ideals. The communities were engaged into different modes of government‚ labor‚ marriage and wealth. Utopias in America shared a particular goal that strived for the crucial step from the wilderness to a new social order. The Communities with European origins focused

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    During the first half of the 19th century‚ women’s roles in society evolved in the areas of occupational‚ moral‚ and social reform. Through efforts such as factory movements‚ social reform‚ and women’s rights‚ their aims were realized and foundations for further reform were established. The occupational standings of women evolved in the first half of the nineteenth century. A new system of recruitment‚ the Lowell-Waltham system‚ emerged in Massachusetts. This new factory system brought in young

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    In the early 19th century many religious and secular utopian communities started to spring up across the united states. These utopian communities were considered social experiments that embraced forms of communism or socialism. During this time‚ economic‚ political and social changes created a concern for many Americans about their future and that of their nation. Some believed that these changes had effects on morality‚ the ability of their communities to prosper and even the integrity of family

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    When we think of challenging institutions we first think of the Enlightenment and the role the movement played in completely changing the course of human reason and thinking. Religion is and has been a central part of people’s lives throughout history‚ it dominated how many people thought and felt about the world around them. Before the Enlightenment‚ the Christian Church was an absolute power and domineering institution that persecuted people as heretics if they attempted to discredit or disprove

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    progressed during 1865 to 1932‚ African Americans have experienced a variety of American liberty. There were many hurdles African Americans had to overcome before they reached any type of freedom. The first challenge they had to overcome was that they were slaves and considered to be property‚ not a person. Once this was outlawed‚ they had to overcome the discrimination from the government and other Americans. They finally achieved some of the benefits of American freedom by being able to vote‚ work

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    everything is the same . There’s nothing to desire because everyone and everything is the same ‚ will be the same ‚ or possess the same things. If everyone is perfect ‚ then no one would lack and want to be someone else . A great example to this utopian universe would be the world in the book The Giver by __________. There was no crime because there was no hate or envy . There was no envy because everyone saw the world the same . I believe that there is not a mentality that could make this universe

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    Huong Mai HIS1112-008 19/02/2012  Discuss the American Revolution as a European Movement The American Revolution was and always will be the most important piece of history for the United States of America. It was definitely revolutionary. The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century was one of these paradigm historical shifts‚ challenging the traditional notions of authority by investing reason with the power to change the human condition for the better. The Enlightenment also shows that the American’s

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    build the idea of a railroad. A machine that could transport people from one side of the country to the other. A journey that used to take six months would now take six days. Between 1860 and 1900 railroads opened many doors in American civilization‚ and also helped to settled the West. Railroads provide Americans new economic opportunities‚ by having people

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    The Dress Reform Movement of the Mid-Eighteen Hundreds Women’s History in America In the middle of the nineteenth century in the United States‚ there were many movements working to improve society. The temperance movement aimed to remove the use and abuse of alcohol in America. The abolition movement called for the immediate end to slavery. The women’s movement had a mission to change women’s role in society by such means as giving them the right to vote and own their own property. Health reformers

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    demographic‚ and technological involving transportation changes that occurred between 1815 and 1860. These changes impacted the Americans significantly on the way how they viewed themselves and their society. The major characteristics of the National Market Economy of 1860 was that it supplied economic contributions throughout the south‚ west and the Northeast. The Market revolution had benefitted the Americans through all the changes in the revolution. The Geographic expansion of the United States

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