wave of religious revivalism swept the United States leading to increased calls for temperance‚ as well as other “perfectionist” movement. In 1838‚ the state of Massachusetts passed a temperance law banning the sale of spirits in less than 15 gallon quantities. Maine passed the first Prohibition law in 1846‚ and a lot had followed suit by the time the civil war began in 1861. Women played a big role in the temperance movement as alcohol was seen as a destructive force in families and marriages. In
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soup kitchens‚ cared for children in nurseries‚ and set “slum brigades” to instruct poor immigrants in middle-class values of hard work and temperance. Promoting Moral Improvement 1. Prohibitionists groups (people who believed in the banning of alcoholic beverages) feared that alcohol was undermining American morals. 2. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)‚ founded in Cleveland in 1874 lead the crusade for prohibition. Members advanced their cause by entering saloons‚ praying‚ singing
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Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they
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women altogether‚ others allowed them to change partners at will and the abolition of private property must be accompanied by an end to men’s property in women. 2. How did the supporters and opponents of temperance understand the meaning of freedom differently? The supporters and opponents of temperance understand the meaning of freedom differently because they believed that ban of alcoholic beverages would eliminate a number of problems in the US. Also the opportunity to increase to compete for economic
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today in the U.S. with other illegal substances‚ is America making a mistake it’s already made? The result of a widespread temperance movement during the first decade
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Doug Simsarian Mrs. Stephenson Religion 3‚ Period 6 22 February 2015 Jean Valjean Jean Valjean begins the story as an ex-convict who violated the eighth commandment‚ thou shall not steal‚ when he was younger and is now seeking shelter. Luckily‚ a kind bishop takes him in and also saves him from imprisonment when he steals the silver. Stealing from a man that has help Valjean‚ shows that Valjean isn’t a thankful and grateful character at the beginning of his long development. After skipping over
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newspaper. After a seven year apprenticeship at the Newburyport Herald‚ “Garrison headed to Boston and soon found work as editor of a temperance journal put out by a Baptist missionary” (Hollitz 136). In 1828‚ Garrison met Benjamin Lundy‚ the publisher for “The Genius of Universal Emancipation” (Hollitz 136). Garrison found this a more compelling cause than that of the Temperance and “set out to raise the moral tone of the country” (Hollitz 136). Benjamin Lundy was influential in Garrison’s belief that
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To be Happy‚ isn’t that what life is all about? Some call it eudaimonia. Aristotle‚ one of the many great philosophers of our time‚ defined eudaimonia as “that at which all things aim”. Meaning‚ your life has come together as a whole‚ thus leading you to be happy. However‚ Aristotle also says that aiming for happiness is not what should I do‚ rather what sort of person should I become? For example‚ if we look at the people around us‚ we should only see people doing the things they feel they will
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ThisismyName PS 201 – 03 10/19/2012 The Polis and the “Just City” vs. Modern American Democracy It is common to refer to the Greek city-state as the Greek polis and in order to understand ancient Greece one must have an understanding of what the polis was to the Greeks. First‚ let’s consider the physical characteristics and dimensions of the Greek polis. The single most striking feature of a Greek polis is its small size. It can be easy to overlook this fact because the classical sense
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and throughout the states‚ religious revivals and women rights movements arose. These reform movements expanded the democratic ideals by advocating an equal treatment for women and slaves while the religious revivals shaped moralities of men. The Temperance Movement limited the expansion of democratic ideals by attempting to reduce and prohibit the use of alcohol in the country. Many other reforms took place as the society began to rise‚ adding reforms to criminal punishments and immigration. This
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