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    During the 1800s‚ there was an abolition movement that would end all racial discrimination and segregation. It would restrict slave owning areas and stop spreading. It was founded by and informed by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. The founding of the first founding abolitionist societies was Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin. They wanted to stop slavery from being spreaded into further territories into the U.S.. Once that was achieved there was a beginning of free states‚ that allowed slaves

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    Reform Judaism Out of the multiple variants of modern Judaism‚ the Reformist movement is considered to be the most liberal and progressive. The Reformist movement is seen as a continually developing movement that is most receptive to ideas outside of its own Jewish Community. The Beginning of this movement can be seen to go back to the rise of the Enlightenment era. It could be argued that‚ combined with the enlightenment‚ the growing political and social freedoms for the Jews encouraged or at least

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    Reform movements led the United States to become more democratic‚ by trying to make the people of America more equal. Reform movements began with the Second Great Awakening. Abolitionists and feminists wanted to free slaves and make women to men in the household and community. Social reform movements created more equality for every person‚ like prison and school reforms. The Second Great Awakening created the idea of a democratic God. This movement was supported by Charles G. Finney (DOC. B). This

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    Throughout history there have been many reform movements that have changed the country which they took place in. During the first half of the nineteenth century the reform movements in America brought lasting change by causing the citizens of America to rethink their views on many important issues brought about by the economic and social disruptions of the market revolutions. First of all‚ the Temperance Movement helped to make a lasting change on the dangerous amounts of alcohol that the average

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    inspired by constructivist and experiential learning ideas of Jean Piaget. Piaget’s theory of constructivist learning has had wide ranging impact on learning theories and teaching methods in education and is an underlying theme of many education reform movements. Research support for constructivist teaching techniques has been mixed‚ with some research supporting these techniques and other research contradicting those results. Constructivism is a theory of knowledge (epistemology)[1] that argues that

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    Early in his life‚ Martin Luther dedicated himself to living a life of fasting‚ long hours in prayer‚ and frequent confessions. Luther’s dedication to living a holy life lead to a growing understanding of his own sinfulness. This understanding inspired Luther to join the priesthood where he saw up close the corruption of the Catholic Church. Luther soon began to take note of all the things he believed was wrong about the Catholic Church and on October 31st Luther posted a collection of his notes

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    country to be in. The progressive movement involved progressives trying to fix problems created in the gilded age. It seemed as everyone was benefiting from and enjoying the rise of the booming industry‚ but unfortunately there were only a few people with wealth and power‚ and the rest were left poor. Progressives wanted to fix economic and social actions through group actions toward freedom and liberty. There was a rapidly changing political system and in the 1800’s people started to noticed that

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    crucial reform movements consisting of many individuals and groups rose to achieve social‚ political‚ and economic changes to the American society. Reform movements such as the Abolition movement and Women’s Suffrage achieved many levels of success. The abolition movement‚ extremely present in the 1820’s‚ was a movement made to end slavery for African-Americans and Native Americans. Now‚ before this movement went in full effect‚ the expansion of industrialization‚ religious movements‚ and etc

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    During the 1800s‚ many major changes happened in America‚ whether it be changes in the cultural makeup of the people‚ American culture of the time‚ or freedoms and rights for women and African Americans. Many people immigrated to America during this time period‚ and cities grew very rapidly as a result of it‚ which caused some problems. Many reforms of art‚ literature‚ and society took place too. Finally‚ thoughts and ideas about abolishing slavery and granting women equal rights took place. As you

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    feminism have been traced back to ancient Greece‚ but the most well-known time period that fueled the feminist movement can be traced down to the 1800s. Studies made by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation reveal that a group of Americans‚ today‚ do not understand the true values and ideals of the feminist movement. A majority of the people that voted against the feminist movement and claimed they are not a feminist come from the older male population. In this survey‚ 63% of the male population

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