The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505‚ 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the
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JOHN WHYCLIFFE John Wycliffe was born in 1329 and he died in 1384‚ he was an English religious reformer‚ teacher at Oxford University‚ and Bible translator‚ was one of the shining lights who lived during the Dark Ages. Wycliffe did not accept the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. He believed that salvation does not depend on church membership‚ that Christians need no priest to stand between them and God and that the Bible‚ not a priest or a church or a pope‚ is the authority for
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Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850. Even though all reform movements from 1825-1850 did not directly promote democratic principles‚ several reform movements occurred which did attempt to create a better life for people‚ create a more democratic society through education‚ and extend civil rights to minority groups. The reform movement began with the Second Great Awakening
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and abuse of alcohol in America. The abolition movement called for the immediate end to slavery. The women’s movement had a mission to change women’s role in society by such means as giving them the right to vote and own their own property. Health reformers of the time advocated self-healing and the use of natural remedies like homeopathies and water treatments. There were also religious reform movements‚ many of which started their own communities to exemplify a more perfect society‚ which called for
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Chapter 4: Early Nineteenth Century - American Transcendentalism (AT): A Brief Introduction Paul P. Reuben Note: Nineteenth Century American Transcendentalism is not a religion (in the traditional sense of the word); it is a pragmatic philosophy‚ a state of mind‚ and a form of spirituality. It is not a religion because it does not adhere to the three concepts common in major religions: a. a belief in a God; b. a belief in an afterlife (dualism); and c. a belief that this life has consequences
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and experienced an environment that was less stressful and more untailored than what they encounter in life’s conventional struggle. There was a point where many values did not matter anymore just as Kasson wrote "Many values preached by genteel reformers and propagated by capitalist employers in the 19th century‚ such as hard work ‚punctuality‚ thrift‚ sobriety‚ self control were geared to the need for productivity." This undoubtedly created a social chaos for the genteel culture that had prevailed
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ESSAY PROMPTS (1) In what ways did the development in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? During the periods of 1826 through 1860‚ United States saw a dramatic economic and social change due to the development in transportation such as the railroad and the steamship. A major difference that caused a change in transportation was the railroad. The transcontinental railroad wasn’t completed until 1869‚ but it was expanding exponentially
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the social‚ economic and political structure of the country. U.S. Senator Elihu Root spoke of these changes in a 1913 speech‚ “The real difficulty appears to be that of the new conditions (growing from) the industrial development.” A new group of reformers‚ labeled the Progressives‚ rose to power in response to the conflicts. The Progressive Era lasted from 1890 to 1920‚ with its beginning being that of a social movement and later becoming a political movement. U.S. Senator Albert Beveridge was a keynote
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was one of many women who felt a need for change. Islam communities leaders also felt that the people had to adopt a more of a “modest” lifestyle such as the early Muslim community did. Sayyid Jamaluddin-i-Afghan was born in 1836 and was a Muslim reformer who disposed Westernization. Tokyo’s imperial network during the 20th century the culture was a very formal and particular of what they allowed
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amelioration of the lot of the urban poor‚ the regulation of child and women labor‚ as well as many others. And many of the historians who were writing about these reforms thought that the reformers were challenging the dominant position of the business and privileged classes‚ they believed that “the reformers goals had been to restore government to the people‚ and to abolish special privilege and ensure equal opportunity for all”(Pg. 231‚ Grob and Billias). These reforms were intended to help the
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