were expected to follow strict social codes of conduct. Throughout the nineteenth century a polite and courteous norm was considered as the ‘official’ culture of America. This proper group of reformers took matters into their own hands to try to control and end the debauchery caused by the public. These reformers built museums and libraries to influence a culture based on integrity and morality. Kasson‚ however‚ points out that this social disagreement is never fully installed into American society
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the framework of their respective communities in a way tended to promote identities based on religion or caste. Many of these limitations were sought to be overcome during the course of the national movement with which many social and religious reformers were closely associated. Indian nationalism aimed at the regeneration of the entire Indian society irrespective of caste and community. It was no longer necessary to confine the movement of social reform to one’s own community. http://www.historytuition
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begin to build what America is today‚. With large monopolies running the nation’s economy‚ such as those run by J.P. Morgan‚ Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt‚ many people sought Reformation and wanted to fix the problems of the country. The reformers‚ or Progressives‚ wanted to fix the corruption in the government‚ trusts‚ poor living and working conditions‚ and morals in the country. They also fought for conservation of forests‚ and the rights of blacks‚ women‚ and immigrants. The Progressives
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Batch: 2012-2015 Course Code: 50121212 Course Name: Projects I Roll #808 Assignment #A 126 Ancient Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh Introduction The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ an epic poem from Mesopotamia‚ is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent Sumerian poems about ’Bilgamesh’ (Sumerian for Gilgamesh)‚ king of Uruk. Four of these were used as source
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The underlying causes that brought on the Protestant Reformation would be Martin Luther creating Lutheranism‚ Christians deciding to change their religion‚ discarding large parts of the Bible‚ and leaving the old authority of the Pope behind over indulgences. The Reformation had many causes but the top three would be‚ social‚ political‚ and economic. The political causes began over Nationalism‚ the Pope’s control resenting‚ a foreign ruler‚ and the protection of leaders. Both Protestantism and
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education system in most countries and teaching was limited only to the children of wealthy merchants and the rulers of cities (Faber). Early reformers were the first to express the principles of reformed education and to develop objectives and methods (Faber). In doing so‚ they provided an important basis upon which later educators were to build. One of those reformers who expressed the importance of education was a German priest named Martin Luther. During the Reformation‚ Luther’s ideas began to develop
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How far did the defeat in the Crimean War contribute to Alexander II as a reformer? (24 marks) Alexander II had come to the throne in 1855‚ during the closing days of the Crimean war. The war had gone badly for Russia‚ and this set the tone of Alexander’s reign‚ but was it just the Crimean war which started the chain of reform? Or was it already existing pressures? The Crimean war had highlighted the inadequacies in the Russian military. An example of this would be the lack of war materiel‚ such
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reform movement and the group is ethnically and racially diverse. Progressives would wage war on monopolies‚ corruption‚ and inefficiency and the injustice of social life. Progressives do not want to remedy the systems rather that destroy it. Reformers of the progressive era and the federal government during this era are effective in bringing about reform at the national level due to the establishment of many Amendments and acts along with the presidential decisions in favor of the progressive
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tenement and construction. In 1900‚ arose the New york State Tenement House Commission who created a separate Tenement House Department for the City of New York which would later help pass the Act of 1901. Jacob Riis and Lillian Wald were two City reformers that showed concern for the wellbeing of the non wealthy immigrants. The terrible health conditions within tenement houses was brought to the public’s attention after The Tenement House Committee investigated the premises. In 1901 the Tenement House
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ideas sought after during the Second Great Awakening. Americans were beginning to fall into a rut of a repetitious and wearisome lifestyle and so the alcohol therefore provided distraction and entertainment. It became a widespread tribulation that reformers sought to end. The religious revival spoke out against the drunkenness of citizens‚ that it contaminated the home and threatened one’s own and family’s spiritual prosperity. Many incipient organizations besought many to sign pledges and employed
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