The Second Great Awakening played a crucial role in the history of the early United States. It was a reform period during the early 19th century that encouraged women’s rights‚ temperance‚ and abolition through forms of activism and religion. American society was drastically affected after these historical events because‚ most importantly‚ the Second Great Awakening encouraged important moral values in society. It was the sudden awareness of morality through religion that altered political perceptions
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his squire. They learned how to run a tournament which is a battle with prizes for winners. When the king said that a knight was ready‚ knights prepared and spent a whole night in the church to pray and took a bath because they were taught to be clean‚ and it also symbolized a fresh start in life. Then‚ they kneeled before a king‚ and promised to be obedient and loyal. He grazed the knights shoulder with a sword and when the king said ’Arise sir knight’‚ they had become a knight (Macdonald 32). Knights
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bases known as trenches. However‚ only 9 out of 10 of these soldiers would survive the trenches due to such poor conditions. So‚ why exactly did the United States join the war then? World War 1 was a long war‚ lasting from 1914 to 1918‚ primarily taking place in Europe. The United States were mutual until 1917‚ when war on Germany was officially declared. The United States joining the Allied made a dramatic turn in the course of the war. “American military and economic contributions to the Allied war
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After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant allies against Germany. They had very different political policies and philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections
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first century BCE who managed a rebellion against Rome. Spartacus was an individual who had astonishing courage and immense amount of physical strength. He was alive at the time of the first century BCE. A Thracian by creation‚ he was imprisoned by the Roman Army and developed skills to become a gladiator.1 Spartacus had developed into a modern-day inspirational character to others. His encounters in life had been inspirational to advocates‚ politicians and journalists since the 19th century. Spartacus
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Sharee Paat Period- 3 12-10-09 How Did Foreigners Influence Hawaiians? In January of 1778‚ Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands. Many foreigners from around the world began to arrive‚ introducing many new things to the Hawaiians. Foreign influence brought trade to Hawaii‚ which gave Hawaiians metal and guns. Even though foreign influence had some positive effects on Hawaii‚ I believe that foreign influence had a negative impact on Hawaii because trade brought not only guns and metal
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the United States was responsible for making extremely challenging decisions in which the consequences would later affect the course of history itself. Within 20 years‚ the United States was faced with a choice of utilizing a weapons of mass destruction in both Japan and Cuba. In both cases‚ the choice to use of weapons of mass destruction against Japan and Cuba was based on the United States’s desire to prevent the loss of American lives from the result of surface warfare. The United States used
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For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public‚ or atleast it seems that way. Globally‚ the United States of America has the strongest economy‚ 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance
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slaves the right to vote‚ reuniting the Union‚ and more. The success in these areas greatly contributed to why I think Reconstruction was a success. I think it succeeded in ending slavery because the first of the Reconstruction Amendments‚ or the 13th Amendment‚ prohibits slavery in the United States by law. Slavery hasn’t completely disappeared since then‚ but it comes nowhere close to the state it was at before the Civil War‚ so I personally think that it
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Although economic interests were very important to the United States as they enacted tariffs and taxes on‚ for example‚ Hawaii and any incoming good from other countries‚ in fact‚ political and strategic advantages prevailed in the creation of foreign policies as the US went to wars with Mexico and even Spain in the Mexican War and the Spanish American War to gain land and new allies and annexed new lands such as Alaska and Hawaii‚ along with the people on those lands to increase the American influence
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