Document Based Question Question: “Although the Reformation is often viewed as a religious movement‚ it also significantly affected the political and social spheres of Europe. Assess the validity of this statement”. Background: The new ideas of the Renaissance helped to spur the changing views of the Catholic church’s authority over Europe. Many Europeans were directly affected by the failing church order. In small‚ regional churches clergymen were gradually losing respect as a result of corruption
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free states * Indian Removal Acts (1830) - forced many Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi. 1838 Us army moves 15 thousand Native Americans (Cherokees). * | Transportation Methods * National Road (1811) – first major highway in the U.S built by the federal government * Erie Canal (1825) – water way in New York that opened from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes * Railroads (1850-1873) – Made it possible for the nation to be urbanely industrial cutting the price on moving
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think the American Dream isn’t possible? “There’s no reason why we can’t restore the basic‚ American promise that if you work hard‚ you can do well.” (Kunhenn‚ 2012) America is a land with a lot more opportunities and freedom than any other nation. There’s no excuse not to achieve ones dreams in this country. The American dream is still universally available for anyone to achieve; it’s still possible because it has been done many times‚ we live in a free country and anything is possible with hard
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A political realignment of 1936 saw the few African-Americans‚ who were not disenfranchise in their right to vote‚ abandon their allegiance to the republican party and realign to vote democrat. This realignment would result in a voting turnout trend that still exists today. African-Americans overwhelmingly support politicians who orient to the Democratic Party. The racial group represents a key minority of the electorate that most candidates seeking political office wish to gain. With this knowledge
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Smith. “Colonial Voting restrictions reflected eighteenth-century English notions about gender‚ race‚ prudence‚ and financial success‚ as well as vested interest. Arguments for a white‚ male only electorate focused on what the men of the era conceived of as the delicate nature of women and their inability to deal with the course realities of politics‚ as well as convictions about race and other religion. African Americans and Native Americans were exclude‚ and‚ at different times and places‚ the protestant
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Southwest. They were after gold and changing Native Americans to being catholic‚ and they were there to do their jobs‚ get rich with gold‚ and go home. Many of the English colonists came to America for religious freedom‚ and a new chance for a better life. They brought over their families and created permanent settlements with schools and churches and new generations. The English colonies had established a form of self-government and later had the early beginnings of a democracy with assemblies and several
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Is Utopia Possible through Planning? Utopia is often used to describe a place in our imagination. Utopia is a virtual world in which we think everything will be perfect‚ everything would be planned and set out for all of our needs at any time‚ but that’s just our imagination. If we were to create a Utopia we would need a huge amount of the cites population to becomes neutral on what Utopia is to them. Is it possible for utopia to become true? Utopia would be possible if everyone just dropped their
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After reading several articles about American socioeconomic situations and culture in the early 20th century‚ the United States seemed like they are somewhat isolationist with some things‚ but open to many other things. As some say‚ “America isolationism is a myth” (Mcdougall 137) is slightly true when it came to cultures and foreign policy in the beginning of the 20th century. The leaders of the United States wanted to keep the United States out of war‚ but at the same time increase the economy
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With the emergence of Eugenics in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century‚ white colonialists developed the belief that the white race was intellectually and physically superior to that of other races. In Professor’s Hawkins lecture‚ “Imperialism in Early 20th Century”‚ delivered on April 13th‚ 2017‚ Professor Hawkins “‘[Gobineua] argues that scientific analysis realizes that it is the white race that is superior; refined‚ educated‚ the architects‚ and promulgators of society’” (Hawkins
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In the 19th century one can see an increased amount of curiosity‚ discovery and knowledge‚ but that suddenly didn’t appear out of nowhere. Real scientific discoveries were brought to life and proven by observation and experiments unlike the answers people before them had thought. Questions about the universe were all explained by divine intervention‚ karma‚ or just bad luck in the 18th century. Lots of “answers” were more of less theoretical than based on actual observations. People made up reasons
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