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    and carrying out the domestic duties‚ while also being the caregiver to their children. They did not have many rights‚ but since this was the traditional and natural order in their society‚ it remained for many years. During the late 1700’s leading on to the 1800s‚ different events occurred and dramatically affected their society‚ paving the path towards

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    in the 1800s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and the first one developed was called The Female Seminary Movement. This led

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    The protestant revival movement that began in the 1790s in New England caused reforms in America. Between 1825 and 1850‚ the United States government made reforms that greatly increased the influence of democratic ideals: universal suffrage and individual rights. Such reforms included prisons‚ churches‚ women suffrage‚ temperance‚ and education. Prison reforms expanded democratic ideals through the change in policies and mission statements. Debtor prisons were abolished‚ the number of capitol crimes

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    One day Edison’s boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6‚000 but his boss offered $40‚000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871‚ Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876‚ Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer

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    The Irish emigrated from Ireland to America at two separate times‚ during the 1700’s and again in the 1800s. During the 1700’s the Irish that emigrated were the Ulster Irish‚ these were mostly Protestant and mostly from the northern part of Ireland. This group of Irish was originally from Scotland which was under English rule. In 1533 when Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church‚ he enacted penal laws - laws directed against Catholics. Catholic owned land was seized and given to the English

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    Puritanism: a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Puritans became noted in the 17th century for a spirit of moral and religious earnestness that informed their whole way of life‚ and they sought through church reform to make their lifestyle the pattern for the whole

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    testing has been part of American history since the 1800s. In Hot Topics Carla Mooney says‚ "In the United States school reforms Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe introduced standardized testing in Boston public schools in the mid - 1800s. The men designed the new tests to provide a standard to judge and compare the performance of each school and to gather objective information about the equality of teachers" ( Mooney 11-12).In the mid - 1800s Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe brought standardized

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    slavery‚ discrimination‚ and the right to vote‚ own property and earn a fair and equal wage. Women are entitled to all of these rights‚ yet across the world‚ some women and girls are denied these rights‚ simply because of their gender. Women in the 1800s were expected to be submissive to

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    The topic of the abolition of slavery in the 1800s was a big controversial issue‚ there were people supporting slavery and people against it. During the abolition movement there was the formation of several abolition groups with different manners of tackling the task of fighting for the freedom of slaves. There were two distinct categories the groups tactics for accomplishing this task fell under‚ moral persuasion‚ and violence. Two of the abolition groups fell under the moral persuasion category

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    Throughout the history of civilized society‚ there have been a multitude of great reform movements bringing the advancement of societal standards and governmental policies to the forefront of attention. These requests‚ if ignored can lead to mass revolt among the people‚ as was shown by the French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Protestant Reformation. All reforms begin with small requests and simple protests‚ but depending on the actions of those in authority it can either erupt into

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