simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination. This created the idea that everyone had the chance to change for the better. Transcendentalism was supported by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ a New England writer. Orestes Brownson was also a big supporter of transcendentalism (DOC. G). Henry David Thoreau put the idea of self-reliance into practice. Abandoning community life‚ he built himself a
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In the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)‚ much reform was underway. Many people wanted to improve the way of life in order to live the American Dream. While these reformers succeeded at the national level in some instances‚ they were not completely unsuccessful in other cases. A case in which reformers succeeded was the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which improved the quality of food that was served to Americans. The Neill-Reynolds Report describes meat factories at filthy places where meat was prepared poorly
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sixteenth century religious‚ political‚ intellectual and cultural movement that spread across Catholic Europe‚ setting in place the structures and beliefs that would later define the modern era. In the locations of northern and central Europe‚ countless reformers such as Martin Luther challenged and questioned authority by going against the Catholic Church’s capability to define
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Progressive Era reformers had a similar effect. They were able to make some changes‚ but most of them were limited. As W.E.B. DuBois wrote in The Crisis‚ America was still "a shameful land" for African-Americans. Although African-Americans "fought gladly and to the last drop of blood" in World War One‚ they returned home to face "lynching‚ disenfranchisement‚ caste‚ brutality and devilish insult". Progressive Era reformers did little more than shed light on the subject of African-American
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experienced several reform movements from 1825 to 1850. The reformers sought to improve religion‚ rehabilitation of criminals and mental patients‚ education‚ slavery‚ and women’s rights. Each demonstrated democratic ideals to the extent that the reformers sought to incorporate the values of liberty and equality into their reform movements to improve the quality of life but did so at the expense and dismay of others. Religious reformers believed that they should establish estranged communities
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What was the historical cause of the Trojan War (probably)‚ and what was the mythological cause? Historical: Troy is a city that guards the entrance to the Black Sea‚ and so it’s likely that they were harassing the Greeks’ trade routes. Mythical: Paris stole Helen from king Menelaos of Sparta. Menelaos was brother of Agamemnon of Mycenae. One of the horrific acts committed in the "House of Atreus" (not the literal house‚ but the family that includes Atreus) was that he did what to Thyestes’
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the open reformation against the theology of Roman Catholics by posting ninety five theses on the church of Wittenberg. Martin Luther in Germany‚ John Calvin in Geneva and Ulrich Zwingli in Switzerland‚ John Knox in Scotland‚ were called the great reformers of this period. This paper would focus on reformation and theological breakthrough and its contribution to mission. 1. Reformation and
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Hypatia was a Greek mathematician‚ philosopher and astronomer. Her date of birth is still unknown nevertheless it is roughly estimated to be AD 370. She was born in Alexandria which was‚ after Rome‚ the second most important city in the Roman Empire at that time. Her father‚ “Theon”‚ was also a mathematician and an astronomer. He‚ along with his daughter‚ had a significant role in preserving the classical mathematical heritage of the Greek civilization. She is believed to have been killed at the
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During the Second Great Awakening‚ a mass revival of American society took place. Reformers of every kind emerged to ameliorate women’s rights‚ education and religious righteousness. At the forefront of the movement were the temperance reformers who fought for a change in alcoholism‚ and abolitionist who strived for the downfall of slavery. Temperance reformers were mostly women and religious leaders. Lyman Beecher‚ a well known preacher and temperance leader during this time‚ talked about how
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corruption within the Catholic Church lead people toseek out change‚ and the result was the Protestant Reformation. This movement was based on thequestion “What must be done to ensure salvation?”. Martin Luther‚ perhaps the most famous of all Protestant reformers found an answer to this question that didn’t fit the traditional teachingsof the Catholic church. It has become a common argument whether Luther was a conservative or a revolutionary‚ but some think he was both. It can be argued that through his
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