The Unites States experienced many social movements during the 19th century. Women served as the backbone in many of these huge social movements. From the Temperance Movement to Abolitionist Movement women who sought equal rights were absolutely instrumental in bringing social progress. Although‚ many men in the elite upper class published on the idea of separate spheres many poor and minority women were working for wages and many middle-class women were involved in education‚ churches‚ and reform
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union‚ another advocate of Prohibition‚ had difficulty appealing to lower classes‚ according to Woman’s World/Woman’s Empire by Ian R Tyrrell‚ as their ideology reflected‚ “conventional American middle-class religion [Protestantism] and morality common among professionals‚ shopkeepers‚ merchants‚ and other business people”.26 A limitation of Tyrell’s work may be his focus on long-term and international perspectives regarding the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union‚ which may
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In terms of justice‚ Plato uses political communities and the individual of one’s self and family as to what he thinks justice is. In the Republic Plato states that “ no two people are born exactly alike”. Plato was right about this quote‚ but he uses this quote in general to get to the bottom of what it means to be just or unjust in life for the individual and even the state. Socrates through his conversation with Adeimantus gives information about what Plato thinks justice is‚ he uses political
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According to Cicero‚ there are four virtues in which he believes are main ways for a human being to do what is right. These virtues are wisdom‚ justice‚ courage‚ and temperance. Wisdom is the discovery of truth; it allows us to correctly judge what is right and wrong in a situation. If we make an incorrect judgement on what is right or wrong‚ we express a lack of this wisdom. Justice is connected to the rights we have as human beings. By expressing justice‚ we follow through on agreements and give
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Quakers preached simple living‚ brotherly peace and love‚ encouraged education and hard work for all of its members‚ whether they were male or female. The Quakers were against slavery and were not allowed to hold slaves. They were great advocates of temperance‚ which opposed the consumption of alcohol. They also believed that women had the right to be heard in good causes‚ even in public. Susan B. Anthony spent nearly sixty years of her life devoted to the cause of social justice and equality for all
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based upon the ideal of freedom. This freedom leads to individuals doing what is best for them with commons regardless of the consequences to the commons or other individuals using it. He then uses personal temperance as one of the many solutions to the exploitation of the commons. Temperance in his explanation is the ability to take only what one needs from the
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1800’s. The Second Great Awakening swept through America as a reaction against the spread of rationalism and the weakening clutch of churches over their followers. With its touch‚ America grew invigorated over religious beliefs such as equality and temperance. Reform movements sprung and spread like wildfire‚ affecting nearly every apspect of daily life. The rise of social reform movements can be largely attributed to the Second Great Awakening and if looked in deeper‚ the industrialization of America
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instability and in a society were values were being challenged. Because of the Second Great Awakening‚ it encouraged an excitement of evangelicalism that led to a movement towards reforms. These movements brought up various issues such as prison reforms‚ temperance‚ woman’s suffrage’s‚ and the crusades to abolish slavery which would then lead to an expansion of a democratic life in America. The humane treatment of individuals in American society focused for democratic ideals.
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the movement continued to grow both in the United States and in Europe throughout the 18th and early 19th century‚ the temperance movement as a major political force wouldn’t emerge until the mid to late 19th century. Ultimately the temperance movement is associated with the progressive area of the late 19th and early 20th century‚ the growth of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement‚ and the establishment of the Anti-Saloon League‚ which would eventually gain enough political influence to be
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certainly wasn’t doing Aristotle proud. I mean come on. Character education? Core virtues? I teach English‚ not Sunday school‚ and besides‚ I teach middle school. If I were to walk into my eighth grade English class and wax rhapsodic about prudence and temperance‚ those kids would eat me alive. It’s hard enough to keep the attention of a classroom full of middle school students without coming on like an 18th-century schoolmarm. Character education is not old-fashioned‚ and it’s not about bringing religion
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