governing was introduced in Germany. The Kaiser abdicated and Germany fell into new hands‚ with the Weimar Republic taking over. However‚ there were many people‚ especially from the left that didn’t want the revolution to just stop at achieving a democratic Republic but instead wanted the revolution to go further and evolve into a constitutional democracy. The three main reasons why the evolution did not occur were because of the attitude of the people‚ the failure of the left to further the revolution
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and society and to spread democracy overall. Although the religious‚ penal‚ education‚ and feminist reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals‚ the temperance and abolitionist reform movements ended up limiting democracy. The religious‚ penal‚ education‚ and feminist reform movements sought to expand democratic ideals‚ and that is exactly what they did. In the 1820s‚ Charles G. Finney‚ a Presbyterian minister‚ led the Second Great Awakening‚ or the religious revival
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Honors US History I July 7‚ 2011 Essay Question: #3 Compare and contrast the different ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750. From all of the colonies that resulted from European expansion and conquest‚ perhaps the two most famous would be those of Virginia and Massachusetts. The economic development of Massachusetts and Virginia started in the same period of time but had many differences between them
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During the 1750’s through the 1780’s American society was becoming increasingly less democratic in terms of property distribution and more democratic when it came to social structure as well as politics and religion. The tolerance of religion may have sparked from the Great Awakening during this time period. The evidence shown from society in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut‚ is a great paradigm of the changes in American society. Property distribution played a role in society because everyone needed
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Can a teacher’s (or parent’s) democratic right to know ever over-ride a child’s right to privacy? Fundamental to democracy is the right of the people to know. Democracy dictates that all citizens have a right to be fully informed‚ and thus have a right to know - this applies equally to children as to adults. However‚ counterbalancing the democratic right to know is the right to privacy. It is here that conflict arises – at what stage does the right to know override the right to privacy? The
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TOPIC: In what ways‚ if any‚ have terrorists exploited religion‚ the media and democratic processes to pursue their goals? The events of September 11 brought the issue of terrorism to the forefront of world affairs through global mass media. The media linked the terrorists to the religion of Islam. Due to international human rights‚ democratic governments are finding it difficult to combat terrorism. In this essay I will critically discuss how terrorists group has exploited the media‚ the religion
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labour‚ students‚ market women‚ rural dwellers‚ and the lumpen elements‚ which saw in it the prospects of reversing the trend of political despair and disillusionment that hitherto characterised political life in Africa ( Adejumobi‚A. 2000). The democratic aspiration of the African people is not only confined to the arena of political democracy of elections‚ and granting of civil and political rights‚ but involves the demand for economic empowerment‚ better living standards‚ and adequate social
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as a result of new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. Present day is worlds away from how the world was roughly 500 years ago. One of the biggest events that will ever stand between now and then occurred. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who was determined to find a new route to India. In its place‚ he discovered America in 1492. Between 1492 and 1750‚ the new contacts between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas‚ socially and economically
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In the period from 1825-1850‚ a majority of the reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. However‚ some did so indirectly and unintentionally. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second GA differed from the First in that people were now believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God‚ as opposed to previous ideals based
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i) Started with Jamestown. b) Settled mostly by English aristocrats. c) Discovered tobacco‚ and became a monopoly. d) Pilgrims founded Massachusetts in 1620 arriving on the Mayflower. i) Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (1) Provided a democratic government based on the opinions of everyone. e) Massachusetts and Virginia were extremely different in politics due to economic developments and social status. 2) Details about Massachusetts a) Massachusetts was settled by Pilgrims in 1620 and
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