LESSON 8 - American Reforms Objectives: Identify and explain the most important highlights and concepts of the Jacksonian Era Identify various minority groups who gained additional rights during this era The Impact of Various Religious Movements Jacksonian democracy encouraged individualism and personal responsibility. Those ideas were grounded in a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening. Preachers told their congregations that each person was responsible for their own
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supporting the Jeffersonian Ideals instead of the rich. Although throughout the Jacksonian Era the leaders of America remained rich and the promotion of Industry over Jeffersonian Ideal persisted‚ there are increased voting rights as leaders begin to campaign for the support of the common man and the national bank is ultimately terminated leading this period to be rightfully called the era of the common man. Although the Jacksonian Era is often liked with the rise of the power of the common man‚ many elements
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The Gilded Age was a tough time for workers. It was a time of low wages‚ long hours‚ and poor working conditions. To try to get higher wages‚ shorter hours‚ and better working conditions‚ workers would resort to strikes and labor unions. Some labor unions were successful like the Knights of St. Crispin. The Knights of St. Crispin was a labor union for shoe and boot workers. The labor union had its own factories and even its own stores‚ but it didn’t take long for the union to dissipate. However‚
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Child-rearing was an evolving practice within the English upper class from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. A new adult view of children as mature‚ fragile and inherently good led to changes in the nursing‚ care‚ and discipline of English‚ aristocratic children. In the 16th century‚ much in accordance with the Puritan doctrine‚ children were seen as naturally evil beings. As stated by Robert Cleaver‚ a Calvinist Minister. Children were " wayward and impulsive inclined to evil."(Doc
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From the early beginnings of America to well into the nineteenth century‚ America has been dominantly an agricultural country. Farming and the country life have always been a great part of the American culture. Thomas Jefferson even expressed his gratitude for the farming class by saying Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God‚ if ever He had a chosen people‚ whose breasts He‚ has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. The American culture was built
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Homework During the 1800s‚ Great Britain’s empire expanded to many countries all over the world. They were a very powerful nation‚ spreading their influences to these countries. Their empire included India‚ parts of Africa‚ and other parts of Asia. Great Britain’s rule had both positive and negative effects on the colonies. Great Britain’s imperialist rule on the colonies had a negative effect. According to Document 7‚ the colonial rule Britain had over India was economically unfair
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Directions: Read the following five document excerpts‚ and then write one well-organized paragraph summarizing the reasons many Americans felt pushed toward independence. Use word processing software‚ such as MS Word or Word Perfect to create your paper. Document 1 A colonist cannot make a button‚ a horseshoe‚ nor a hobnail‚ but some snootly ironmonger or respectable buttonmaker of England shall bawl and squall that his honor’s worship is most egregiously maltreated‚ injured‚ cheated‚ and
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2007 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-J and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1
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1. Describe the challenges faced by Franklin Roosevelt upon entering office in 1933. The challenges faced by Franklin Roosevelt upon entering office in 1933 began with the Banking Crisis that led to the Emergency Banking Act to assist with funding for financial institution and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to secure the funds being deposited in the US citizens account. The FDIC helped our financial economy overcome the failure of banks after 1936. As for Government jobs‚ the
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During this time period there were many lives lost from bad ventilation‚ it had been so bad that it lost more people’s lives than a modern war. Now adult life are in jeopardy with them being shortened. From the smoke in the factories going in the air and lungs of people. Chadwick‚ Edwin. Report Of The Sanitary Conditions Of The Laboring Population Of Great Britain. On Line‚ 1842. Document three‚ where the first sentence can be found. The Graphic. Weekly magazine dealing with social issues‚1870. In
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