12/16/13 The Second Great Awakening The Second Great Awakening was a religious and social reform movement from 1820-1860. Inspired by religious optimism‚ economic progress and democratic spirit people thought they could better their personal lives and society as a whole. Many religious‚ women’s rights and antislavery movements occurred as a result of the Second Great Awakening. Religious reform during the Great Awakening was very important and sparked a lot of other movements. The new reformers
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------------------------------------------------- Effects of Second Hand Smoke by Len Johnson. Derived from Wikipedia article: "Tobacco Smoking" Passive smoking (also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)‚ involuntary smoking or second hand smoke) occurs when the exhaled and ambient smoke from one person’s cigarette is inhaled by other people. Non-smokers exposed to second hand smoke are at greater risk for many of the health problems associated with direct smoking. In 1992‚ the Journal
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“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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The Second Great Awakening was a revival movement that had occurred in the 1730s with the goal of creating a Protestant creed that would maintain the idea of Christian community in a period of rapid individualism and competition. As our book mentions‚ the Second Great Awakening was “one of the most momentous episodes in the history of American religious. This tidal wave of spiritual fervor left in its wake countless converted souls‚ many shattered and reorganized church‚ and numerous new sects. It
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There was evidence of progress in the role of white middle class women‚ between 1815 and 1860‚ due to the commercial economy and the religious revival brought on by the antebellum market revolution and Second Great Awakening. For these white women‚ the positive affects can be seen in their dominance within their families‚ their influential movements for societal reform‚ and their independence gained form an industrial workplace while the roles of female black slaves were neither improved nor affected
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identity. Most outsiders would classify both Japanese people and Chinese people as “yellow” and of similar physical traits‚ but according to Jenkins‚ “sometimes a changed or strange situation makes the difference” (3). This relates to the Second Sino-Japanese War‚ which affected the mindsets of both groups of people and created a set racial divide. This shows that high nationalism can create conflicts that result in an “us versus them” mentality‚ instead of an international harmony between the two
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a prized possession. This is especially true if the letter contains encouragement or sound life advice from someone who is no longer living. Such a document contains a connection to the past and words of inspiration for the future. The reader of Second Timothy discovers‚ rather quickly‚ that this is the case for this body of work. In Paul’s final letter to Timothy‚ one will find an imprisoned mentor writing to his protege encouraging him to continue the good work and to instill confidence in his
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such as the poor conditions during the beginning of the twentieth century in the Republic of China and the Japanese War (1937 1945)‚ that led to the insufficiency and weakness of the GMD (Chinese Democratic Party) during the Civil War. Their leader‚ Chiang Kai-Shek‚ lost the support of the majority‚ mainly peasants and intellectuals‚ to the CCP‚ which contributed to their success in war. In addition to GMD’s actions‚ Mao Zedong‚ the communist leader was able to take over and declare the Peoples Republic
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ee Lab Newton’s Second Law (Investigation 2.3.1 in Nelson 11U Text p68) The text asks you to vary the mass three times‚ and then the force three times and to run each trial only once. This is insufficient data to accomplish our goal‚ which is to validate (proof) the second law is true. You will need to vary the mass seven times‚ the force seven times and you will need to run the trials a few times each to acquire approximately 10 time intervals per trial. Then we will have sufficient data
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I think it is naïve of the United States to not require a mandatory foreign language in its schools. I believe it is paramount for Americans to learn a second language to not only better themselves‚ but to strengthen their country as well. Being bilingual has too much upside to dismiss. The United States currently has no foreign language policy in place‚ but large-scale immigration from Latin America and Asia in recent years has convinced many Americans that English should be made the official
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