purity movement strived to clean up vice‚ targeting prostitution‚ venereal disease and anything else considered obscene. Attacks on alcohol were directly related with the purity movement. The temperance campaign began with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1880 that created a Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction in Schools and Colleges. They were followed by the
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Chapter 13An American Renaissance: Religion‚ Romanticism‚ and Reform Rational religion 1. The concept of mission in the American character 2. The development of deism 1. Roots in rationalism and Calvinism 2. Nature of the beliefs 3. The development of Unitarianism 3. Nature of the beliefs 4. Role of William Ellery Channing 5. Creation of American Unitarian Association 4. The development of Universalism 6. Role of John Murray
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The Progressive Era‚ which lasted from 1900 to 1918‚ was a time in which the American government and its people aimed to improve their economic status and to correct injustices of their country. Here are the ten leading reform movements: 1. Civil Rights After the Civil War‚ some would have expected that racism would have stopped but unfortunately‚ that didn’t happened. Racism still existed in the American society in the stated era therefore civil rights organizations‚ most made for African-Americans
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moderate quantity of food that he/she can consume‚ there exist several moderate amounts due to individual variations among people. The latter kind – subjective mean – is what Aristotle is concerned with when speaking of ethical virtues. For example‚ temperance and bravery are ethical virtues that can lucidly explain this concept. One who is incapable of facing any adverse situation is deemed to be a coward (deficiency)‚ whereas one who mindlessly faces all dangers is labeled rash (excess). However‚ the
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Franklin’s thirteen virtues. The virtues are designed to show how a person can lead a morally flawless life‚ which is why the morally corrupt Keimer is the perfect counter-example for Franklin. <br><br>The first of these virtues is Temperance. The amount of Keimer’s temperance can be summed up in the following quote: "He was usually a great Glutton" (BFA 29); he is unable to last through the ordeal of abstaining from meat and eventually orders and eats an entire roast pig before his guests can arrive
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer Test Realism‚ defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language‚ is the representation in art or literature of objects‚ actions‚ or social conditions as they actually are‚ without idealization or presentation in abstract form. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ Twain portrays an accurate depiction of society during the pre-civil war time. Twain paints a picture of a boy’s world along the Mississippi River‚ where two mischievous boys‚ Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
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Simultaneously‚ he gave reasons for the order of these virtues (126). He put temperance at the top of the list‚ while humility came last. If a person can conquer temperance‚ such a primal urge for food or drink‚ he can keep a cool and clean mind to do something more important‚ thus making self-development in other virtues. Overall‚ his rational arrangement for the virtues makes
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THE COMPARISON OF THE FIRST AND SECOND GREAT AWAKENING Comparison of the First and Second Great Awakening There are many factors that triggered the religious revivals known as the Great Awakenings. These awakenings encouraged citizens to partake in religious ceremonies and activities. Some agreed and joined the bandwagon‚ some refused. The awakenings had aspects that resulted in great long term benefits in government‚ education‚ and society. During the 1730s
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INTRODUCTION In moral theory‚ understanding the concept of human action is significant. While contemporary moral philosophers tend to address these subjects as discrete topics of study‚ St. Thomas Aquinas’s treatment of them yields a bracing‚ comprehensive view of the moral life. Though at times it is not necessary for someone to be a trained moralist just to determine whether an act is good or bad‚ in some cases‚ this task can be challenging. Essential to identifying a correct moral action is recognizing
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equal to women were different from men. They argued that they could make their home life into a political virtue‚ using the authority to create a purer‚ more moral “maternal commonwealth.” This caught the attention of the Temperance advocates and middle-class white people. The Temperance advocates believed women having the right to vote would mobilize a large voting bloc on their behalf. The middle-class white people believed that white women would guarantee immediate and long-lasting white supremacy
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