At the time of the Progressive Era‚ individuals attempted to fix some major problems seen during the Gilded Age. Concerns for change were mainly from women. During the Progressive Era‚ the Social Gospel Movement founded by Jane Addams‚ the temperance movement and the women’s suffrage made significant changes in women’s lives (Module 4‚ Women lecture‚ Slide 3-5). Most women faced problems such as bad hours‚ unplanned pregnancy and working conditions. The Social Gospel Movement is a reform movement
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Reform movements started in the 19th century and early 20th century to address specific problems. The women’s rights movement‚ the temperance movement and the movement to end child labor would be a part of it. All of these movements became successful by hard work. The women’s rights movement is when women fought for their rights and entitlements. The temperance movement is a social movement that prohibited the use of alcoholic beverages. The movement to end child labor was made to end child labor
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The 18th Amendment is a moment in the early 20th century that often is passed by unrecognized for the important failure that it was. Leading up to the Volstead Act‚ the U.S. needed someway of taking the tax income earned through alcohol‚ leading to income tax‚ during prohibition the influences for many pop culture icons like Al Capone or Izzy Einstein emerged‚ and afterwards‚ drinking declined. Daniel Okrent’s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition details this rich history surrounding the Eighteenth
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employment opportunities in future situations. As the natural form of society progressed‚ women strived toward a higher degree of independence and gender equality. Through their efforts‚ women began to take a more dominant position in the areas of temperance‚ civil order‚ and education. Women fought back against the oppression caused by drunkenness and the disruption it imposed on their families (A). In the crusade against drunkenness women claimed that alcoholism placed hardships upon family life‚
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Aristotle and Plato were the first philosophers to identify virtues. Virtues are split into cardinal virtues and theological virtues. Altogether‚ there are seven virtues. The cardinal virtues consist of prudence‚ justice‚ temperance and courage. The theological virtues consist of faith‚ hope and charity. The cardinal virtues are considered the most desirable traits. A virtuous person is someone who shows high moral standards. Aristotle believed that for someone to be truly
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a. Gained more power – especially on frontier – supply and demand B. Some say those involved for self-centered reasons – they get to create society to benefit self C. Temperance – excess drinking affecting labor‚ family‚ crime‚ and rowdy social occasions a. Choices – temperance (moderate use) or legislation i. Women’s usage actually decreases D. Jails – not just punishment but help “penitentiaries” (penance) or “correctional facilities”
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Susan B. Anthony has served a great part in women’s history. For many‚ many years‚ women fought to achieve equality. They fought until they successfully gained rights. As a young woman‚ I appreciate every battle that women before‚ such as Susan B. Anthony‚ fought for rights. Her‚ like many others played a big role in achieving this. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. At an early age‚ she developed strong values and morals. She was a teacher before becoming
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such as “qualities‚ temperance‚ justice‚ pride‚ and truthfulness” (Marino‚ 2010‚ para. 11) all can be directly applied to Kantian ethics and the rights/responsibility lens (DesJardins‚ 2012). Boxing is a man versus man‚ woman versus woman sport which “can compel a person to take a quick self-inventory and gut check about what he or she is willing to endure and risk” (Marino‚ 2010‚ para. 4). The rights and responsibility lens are all about the self‚ honesty‚ responsibility‚ temperance‚ completing your
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in his life‚ resulting in Graham being brought up in various households. Eventually‚ he turned to the ministry‚ and became a Presbyterian clergyman before becoming a leading figure in the temperance movement. In the 1820s‚ Sylvester Graham married Sarah Earl and went on to work for the Pennsylvania Temperance Society. Many of his ideas were derived from English minister William Metcalfe’s own on vegetarianism and abstinence.
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Fourth Annual Report and Charles Finney wanted to change the spiritual and moral nature of young and old people in America [A][B]. The Drunkard’s Progress depicts he average casual drinker falling into ruin and eventually death [H]. The idea of temperance in theory would decrease domestic violence‚ and many of the issues of familial society. The Utopias‚ specifically Brook Farm‚ disregarded democratic practices and created little communal societies specifically for the “highest physical‚ intellectual
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