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    Tahshara

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    Unit 4: Jackson and Antebellum Era Chapters 13-19 The chart must be typed following the format of the example (including numbering items). All definitions and examples must relate to this time period. Follow the format of the example; relevance must be numbered and separated by a line space. Historical Relevance means how an event it connected to other events that occur at the same time or how one event impacted or led to another event. How do events in history relate to one another

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    roles challenged by the difficulty of the trail. 19th-Century Women Women in the nineteenth century‚ for the most part‚ had to follow the common role presented to them by society. This role can be summed up by what historians call the "cult of domesticity". The McGuffey Readers does a successful job at illustrating the women’s role in society. Women that took part in the overland trail as described in "Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey" had to try to follow these roles while facing many

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    The idea of women as the fairer‚ nurturing‚ compassionate dates back to notions of Victorian sexual polarity‚ which viewed women by nature as passive and emotional and men as are naturally assertive and dominant (Rosenberg.) The “circle of domestic life” was used to justifies women from the political‚ economic‚ higher education an access to birth control and abortion. Women occupied a different “world” than men‚ one that utilized their natural predisposition towards nurturant activities (Kerber 1988)

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    the archetype for human morality" (Cott 1978‚ 223). Chastity‚ or at least the illusion of chastity‚ became a requirement for women during this time period because it is a women’s ’natural’ state. The creation of gendered spheres‚ such as the cult of domesticity‚ where women are shielded from the immoral and irrational public world that can harm their superior and fragile moral nature from which their chastity is derived. The acceptance of women’s natural purity changes the way by which men and women

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein‚ a devoted scientist determined to create life. Fast forward two hundred years‚ and Alex Garland’s Ex-Machina features Nathan Bateman‚ a reclusive billionaire genius‚ who is working to perfect his latest artificial intelligent android to pass as human. Ex-Machina is a modern day Frankenstein‚ in which Shelley’s themes and ideas are showcased‚ 200 years later‚ in a technologically advanced world to meet today’s contemporary issues.

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    Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises

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    Hollitz Chapter 11

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    Dylan Jones 11-12-12 Hollitz Chapter 11 1. The first essay clearly shows the impact that an ideology of domesticity on women in New England in the 1830’s. The writer at first calls this time period a “paradox in the “progress” of women’s history in the United States”. During this time apparently two contradictory views on women’s relations to society clashed‚ unusually‚ those two being domesticity‚ which essentially limited women‚ giving them a “sex-specific” role that they must abide to‚ this mostly

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    reality‚ and with an identity that did not fit expectations. Colonial society delegated to women the job of protecting and sustaining the morality of the people‚ yet it refused them a public forum in which to do so; the nineteenth century ideology of domesticity presented a standard of maternal care that could not be universally achieved; the twentieth century offered women the opportunity for education‚ independence‚ and a place in the labor force‚ but expected her to return to her proper place in the

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    Important Civil Rights‚ Concepts‚ Events‚ and People African American Rights: 1.     Executive Order 9981 (Truman) – July 1948 – established the equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces 2.     Brown v The Board of Education of Topeka – 1954 – series of cases involving racial segregation in public schools; Supreme Court decision:  unconstitutional 3.     Southern Christian Leadership Conference – 1957-present – originally led by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ this organization was

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    Expressive Rights Freedom is a right all people have but women who are imprisoned in a domestic marriage lose that right and are unable to convey themselves the way they should. In the story‚ The Yellow Wallpaper‚ by Charlotte Gilman a woman and her husband move into a large secluded house. The husband‚ being an intelligent physician‚ informs his wife that this would be the best cure for her illness. The wife wanting to please her husband does as he says. She becomes fascinated and oddly obsessed

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