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    How could men rely on women to do so much for them but they could not respect women? Women did not get the respect that they deserved. It was hard for women during the 1800s being that a lot of the major wars were taking place during this time. As men and women it specifically says in the bill of rights “that we are granted with many different freedoms” (First Ten Amendments) but to only get no respect in return. Men have no room to talk being that they get the respect they deserve while women get

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    society. This time period is known as the Second Great Awakening. This specific “era” consisted of a plethora of movements that focused on different ideas and beliefs. The reform movements in the U.S during the 1800s had a massive impact on expanding democratic ideas; In particular‚ abolition‚ women’s rights‚ and education. Abolition was one of the most influential and significant movements of the time. This idea focused on getting rid of slavery. Before this aspect of life was reformed‚ the belief

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    In the 1800s married women were treated unfair and unequal‚ and in this case inequality of all women‚ of all races‚ was very evident by the way women were merely property. State law governed in all states that married women were legal possessions rather than equal persons. Married women could not own any personal possession or property‚ all they had‚ became their husbands. In the 1800s women had no rights to vote‚ and women would not have the right to vote until 1920. There were unequal wages for

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    widespread of the reform movements was the temperance movement‚ which called for reducing the use of ‚or abstaining from‚ any alcoholic beverages. This particular movement came about specifically because the Second Great Awakening religious reformers called for individuals to lead “clean” lives and the movement gained movement across the country. Unfortunately the movement was somewhat unsuccessful. American reformers also sought to implement school reform. Before the early 1800s‚ education for most

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    The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called

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    Identify the several varieties of liberalism discussed in the chapter on liberalism and the historical circumstances in which they emerged. There are several varieties of liberalism that are discussed in the text of “Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal” by Terence Ball and Richard Dagger. Some of these varieties are neoclassical liberals‚ welfare liberals‚ and libertarian anarchists. The first variation of liberalism discussed is neoclassical liberals‚ who believe the need to limit government

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    American Revivalism was a religious movement that came about in the 1820’s and was propagated by Charles Grandison Finney. Its purpose was to help impoverished‚ loathsome‚ or sinful people achieve salvation by repenting their faults‚ abstaining from sinful practices‚ and providing for the community. This movement was a precursor to institutionalized reform services such as criminal rehabilitation or homeless shelters. American Revivalism had an immense impact on many demographics‚ particularly women

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    Movements for Liberal Reform and Revolution- In decade following Congress of Vienna‚ conservative regimes=successful in maintaining order as only revolutions in Greece and Latin America succeeded‚ but late 1820’s brought new series of challenges. Russia‚ France‚ and Great Britain would deal w/ these new demands/problems in own unique ways.* Russia – Suppression:-- Secret societies developed in military. The Southern Society=more radical (republicans; no serfdom) while the Northern Society=more moderate

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    Women and the Fight for Reform Women in the late 19th century‚ except in the few western states where they could vote‚ were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless‚ educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing‚ disease‚ crowding‚ jobless‚ infant mortality‚ and

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    The women’s rights movement in the mid 1800s was revolutionary because so many people stood up for women’s rights and that changed the way life was. This movement was created to give more rights the women. Conventions were held to rally up supporters for the women’s rights movement causing one the largest women want in US history. These conventions held idea of what rights women should have and that is what create the Declaration of Sediments which was similar to the Declaration of Independence in

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