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    During the Progressive Movement‚ alcoholism became a major issue. Many people‚ especially Christians believed alcohol was damaging to families‚ resulted in physical abuse‚ poor health‚ and increased poverty. In the 1820s‚ a Temperance Movement was started to encourage Americans to reduce the amount of alcohol that was being consumed. The Second Great Awakening is one cause for the movement. It focused mainly on Christians‚ they wanted our jobs‚ education‚ and family to reflect in good morals. The

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    “I think the best feature of the Hare Krishna movement is that it is providing scholars with excellent translations of the rarest books on Krishna-bhakti [love of Krishna].” - Dr. Larry Shinn‚ President of Berea College‚ Kentucky. AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) was a renowned spiritual teacher who at the age of seventy left his home in India to travel the world spreading Vedic knowledge. He became an influential leader changing the lives of millions across the globe. Prabhupada has

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    traditional ashrams known for two millennia in India. He became the apple off of the common man because sainthood has always had a profound appeal to the masses reminding them of the various charkas like Sankara and Madhavaan saint-singers of the Bhakti movement. Although the middle class did not like hi knobbing with the Harijans‚ they could not but admire him‚ for deep down in their they knew that they were in the wrong‚ not the Mahatma. Besides‚ there was a surreptitious veneration for meditation

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    The Land of the Almost Free Equality is expected in the United States‚ “the land of the free‚”. In the 1960’s‚ African Americans rose up and fought for what was rightfully theirs during the civil rights movement. Living in the twenty first century we see that it inhumane to strip African Americans of their human rights. But‚ sadly‚ we have neglected to see that homosexuals are in a very similar position today. Homosexuals in the United States have been fighting for their rights for years‚ but

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    Khilafat Movement was a religio-political Movement propelled by the Muslims of the British India for the maintenance of the Ottoman Caliphate or khilafat-e-usmania and for not releasing for the Muslim blessed places under the control of the Non-Muslims. Amid the 1st World War Turkey agreed with Germany and as Germany began to free Turkey likewise began loosing its domain. When 1st World War reached an end in 1918 Turkey had lost the majority of its domain. Accordingly the issue around then was the

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    The Chicano Movement‚ like many other civil rights movements‚ it gained motivation from the everyday struggles that the people had to get by in the United States due to society constantly pushing them off to the side. Mexican-Americans‚ like many other ethnicities‚ were viewed as an inferior group compared to the white Americans. During this movement‚ there were a lot of important actions that took place from farm worker rights‚ education‚ and the political movement that change the course of how

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    Both the black freedom movement and the women’s movement were vital to the progress of equality in the United States. These two groups of citizens have been considered inferior to the white‚ American male for nearly all of history. Black males slowly gained headway over women of any race with the right to vote in 1870‚ yet true equality of race continued to be a hope for the future. Following World War II‚ knowledge expanded and struggles continued to occur between white and black and male and female

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    Several types of social movements are described in the textbook. Based on the course material you have read on the hippie movement‚ address each of the following: a) Which type of social movement (not theory) best fits the hippie movement? Explain. b) Like many other movements‚ the hippie movement had a relatively brief lifespan. What explains the decline of this movement? Be specific‚ and do not generalize. c) What social movements currently exist (in society today) that you believe are likely

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    Social Movements and Gender Paper Steve Lawrence University of Phoenix Social Movements and Gender Paper Introduction There are many events and social movements that have significantly affected public opinion on gender issues. These social movements have all contributed to what America is and stands for today. There have been hundreds of different social movements perused in the United States throughout history. This paper will

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    Khilafat Movement 1920

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    KHILAFAT MOVEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION The First World War brought crises for the Muslim as the Turkish Ottoman Empire fought alongside the German and the Austrian empires against Britain‚ France and Russia. The Turkish defeated and at the end of the war‚ Muslims all over the world were concerned about how turkey would be treated. The Turkish sultan was recognized as the Khalifa‚ or Caliph: (the Khalifa had been the head of the world). It still had great symbolic value for all Muslims because the

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