Year | Progressive Era Chapter 9 Timeline Name of Idea/Event/Law | What Law/Amendment didPurpose of Movement/Organization | 1860 | | | | | | 1870 | Women’s Christian Temperance Union | 1. First organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." - The purpose of the WCTU was to create a pure world by abstinence‚ purity and evangelical Christianity
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Ryan Abbott Professor Conz Book Review 4 April‚ 2013 My Green Manifesto In the educational book‚ My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism‚ David Gessner goes into depth describing Dan Driscoll’s journey down the Charles River. His adventure speaks out to the readers by influencing others to get outside more so that one can appreciate the nature that is given to us on this planet. Gessner believes that if people get outside more they will soon start to
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United States in 1943‚ Rom Whitaker grew up in India where he nurtured his passion for reptiles exploring the wild as a student in a boarding school up in the mountains in south India. Dr. Whitaker is one of India’s leading herpetologists and conservationists. His efforts have helped to put numerous endangered wildlife on the conservation map. The world-renowned herpetologist and author is changing perceptions of reptiles through his innovative work while championing the cause for conservation of
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ANIMAL ENDANGERMENT Mckayla – 12A1 According to animalinfo.org‚ there are more and more animals becoming endangered every year throughout the world. Interestingly‚ the Mediterranean Monk Seal is recorded as one of the most critically endangered animals in Italy. Currently‚ the population of that species has been reduced about ten times compared to the period of the 1950s (1). This issue highly damages the nation. Apparently‚ zoologists and travelers do not have opportunities to study about that species
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Summary innovative sustainable marketing management Chapter 1 – introduction to Sustainable marketing The world faces extraordinary and unprecedented challenges relating to both the environment and society. Rapidly increasing demand is colliding with declining resources. Vital ecosystems are under stress. Millions of people lack the most basic resources to sustain life. The problems lie in social and economic systems that are unsustainable awareness of the need for environmental and social
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into the behavior of chimpanzees from 1960’s to this day has changed our basic assumptions about the line differentiating humans from other mammals. Over the past 45 years‚ Jane herself has evolved from a steadfast scientist to a passionate conservationist and humanitarian. She is a highly respected member of the
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In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ the idea of banning books is a central theme. No books are allowed in this dystopian society. In America today‚ various groups of people try to get books banned or censored. When America was formed as a nation‚ every citizen was given freedoms and rights. One of these freedoms was freedom of speech; however‚ when a book is censored or banned‚ the authors freedom of speech is restricted or taken away entirely. Censoring‚ restricting‚ or banning
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An estimated 6 million Jews were mercifully killed during World War Two after being persecuted for many years. One 14-year-old girl wrote a diary showing what life was really like for Jews‚ which showed shocking and bloodcurdling insights and details. Her name was Anne Frank. Annelise Marie Frank was a Jew born in Frankfurt‚ Germany on the 12th of June 1929. She lived at a time when Jews and other ‘non perfect’ races were slowly losing their rights and they were being treated more and more like
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Bald Eagles The Bald Eagle‚ also known as the “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” (Hamish 1990) is one of the most majestic and spectacular birds on the planet. With a wingspan of 6 to 8 feet and a height of 34-43 cm (Duquette at al.2011) it is one of the world’s largest birds. The Bald Eagle represents the country of The United States of America because it is one of the most beautiful and symbolic creatures on the planet‚ yet it was once almost completely extinct. The Bald Eagle is mostly found in coastal
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The Effects of Illegal Logging: Illegal logging and associated illegal trade directly threatens ecosystem and biodiversity in forests throughout Asia and the world. It is having a devastating impact on the world’s forests and negatively the economic and ecological system of optimal forest management. A staggering 80% have already been destroyed or degraded and much of what remains is under threat from illegal logging and destructive illegal logging. Its effects include deforestation‚ the loss of
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