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    Early American society was greatly influenced by Christianity and secular thinkers alike. Our founders formed their revolutionary ideas and embodied them in our constitution. But to deny the fundamental Christian principles that helped found our country would be a travesty. The fundamentals of Christianity and secular thinkers worked in concert with each other to form a unique ideology that made our country prosperous and helped us develop one of the most unique and lasting forms of government. These

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    courageous people. They inspired others and made a transformation in history. Mandela fought for integration of his people. Gandhi protested and fought against the British rule. They did amazing things to shape our world today‚ although Nelson Mandela made a greater impact. Although Mahatma Gandhi did not make as great of a change‚ he improved our world. In the second paragraph of “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi”‚ it states‚ “Yet ultimately things happened which no doubt made him suffer tremendously‚ though his

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    industrial activity spread beyond the cities into rural areas. As in Great Britain‚ cotton was a major factor. Cotton had been introduced to china during the Song dynasty and had spread to Korea and Japan shortly thereafter. Traditionally cotton cloth had been too expensive to common people‚ who instead wore clothing made of hemp. Imports increased during the sixteenth century when cotton cloth began to be used for uniforms‚ matchlock fuses‚ and sails. Eventually‚ technological advances reduced the

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    The Industrialization of American began in the early 1800’a when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the U.S. and founded the first U.S. Cotton Mill in Massachusetts. However‚ the period following the civil war changed the industry immensely‚ especially due to the creativity of American Inventors. Innovations in transportation such as the rail road‚ the size of the American market due to the use of an abundance of raw materials‚ and incredibly versatile inventors

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    Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age Emergence of Modern America "Every day things change‚ but basically they stay the same."-Dave Matthews Change and continuity are two major principles of life. They can easily be applied to history because their application accurately portrays the circumstances‚ and characterizes the era of interest. Merriam-Webster defines continuity as an uninterrupted connection‚ succession‚ or union‚ or an uninterrupted duration or continuation especially without

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    During the period between 1865 and 1914 I believe that the federal government extended freedoms for Americans as groups through the Reconstruction Era‚ the Gilded Age‚ and the Progressive Era each of these are major events in history that had an impact on freedom in the United States. African America slaves‚ immigrants‚ the working class‚ and women are all groups that grained freedom. Overall‚ I think the federal government had an effective protector of freedom. During the Reconstruction Era this

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    11-11-2013 Block: 3 Did TV change American families or Did America change TV families? During the 1950’s commonly known TV shows like “Leave It To Beaver” depicted the perfect American household: White‚ suburban‚ breadwinning father‚ homemaking mother and their kids also known as‚ Family. Today “traditional” families have drastically changed and in accordance‚ so have television families. TV changed in order to stay current and gain/ maintain audience(s). In today’s society we have more working

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    Change The Enlightenment movement in Western Europe is one of the most studied movements in history. That being said there are many different ideas about just what the Enlightenment was intended to do. In his book‚ The Intellectual Origins of the French Enlightenment‚ Ira Wade argues that‚ “The Enlightenment did not attempt to develop a new body of teachings‚ though‚ nor did it seek a new dogma. […] It is a manner of thinking [….] It functions in every enterprise in which the human being is engaged

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    between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War and the communist threat drastically changed American social and political life from the 1950s to 1991. Politically speaking‚ the Cold War and the communist threat changed America’s domestic and foreign policies. Domestically‚ fear of communism greatly increased due to rising tensions with the Soviet Union. Two laws passed during the Cold War that concerned Communists are the Communist Control Act (1954)‚ which outlawed the Communist

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    e-Technology‚ January 8-10‚ 2009 Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel‚ Singapore Virtual Age: Next Wave of Change in Society a Ali A. Jalali a and Hamid Mahmoodi b Department of Electrical Engineering‚ Iran University of Science and Technology‚ Tehran‚ Iran b School of Engineering‚ San Francisco State University‚ San Francisco‚ California‚ USA drjalali@gmail.com‚ mahmoodi@sfsu.edu ABSTRACT The Virtual Age is the ultimate progress of information technology and knowledgebased environments into

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