LESSON 8 - American Reforms Objectives: Identify and explain the most important highlights and concepts of the Jacksonian Era Identify various minority groups who gained additional rights during this era The Impact of Various Religious Movements Jacksonian democracy encouraged individualism and personal responsibility. Those ideas were grounded in a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening. Preachers told their congregations that each person was responsible for their own
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Why did Revolutions break out in Germany and Italy in 1848? The "Spring of Nations"‚ which consisted in the popular uprisings and revolutions that occurred in 1848‚ was caused by a series of factors which included social‚ economical and government crisis. Although these problems were serious and well eradicated‚ the major factor that caused these revolts was the rise of nationalist and liberalist ideas.
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Conner Nichols 440920 cmnnq6 German 2320 Lesson 1: The 1848 Revolution‚ the Second Reich‚ and the First World War Under the leadership of Bismarck‚ Germany experienced a time of great division between classes and some financial crashes‚ such as “the Gründerzeit burst in 1873‚ when a collapse of confidence brought an inevitable economic crash” (Fulbrook 131) from 1871 to 1890. In a time when the greater population was beginning to play a greater role in politics‚ Bismarck’s authoritarian style
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Why was Bismarck more successful than the revolutionaries of 1848-49 in unifying Germany? There are numerous reasons why Bismarck was more successful than the revolutionaries in unifying Germany but the most important of these he identified himself by saying: „not through speeches and majority decisions‚ will the great question of the day be decided‚ that was the great mistake of 1848-but by iron and blood. The first factor leading to the failure of the Frankfurt parliament was their unclear aims
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo‚ which came into effect on 2 February 1848‚ ended the Mexican-American war and formally resolved territorial disputes resulting from that conflict. The treaty required the U.S. government to pay the Mexican government $15 million dollars‚ this in return for an expanse of territory that later became the states of Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and parts of Utah‚ Nevada‚ and Colorado. I intend to argue that the treaty benefitted the people who inhabited‚ and later came to inhabit
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History Class Presentation JUNE 2001: Why‚ during the period 1848-1871‚ did Prussia achieve and secure dominance in Germany? It is believed that Prussia achieved and secured dominance in Germany because of the role of Bismarck‚ who got rid of the opposition in the Parliament‚ strengthened the Prussian army‚ exploited Prussia’s economic development and won three wars to secure the unification of Germany. However‚ it is also argued that international scenes too‚ helped Prussia make a
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failures of 1848-9 could be blamed on the poor leadership of Individuals such as Charles Albert and Mazzini. However there are other contributing factors that should be taken into account. Although Charles Albert seems to be successful in uniting the states of Italy to strengthen his campaign‚ for example‚ by joining Lombardy and Venetia with Piedmont and merging their armies into one in 1848‚ and aiding the rebels in Lombardy‚ his poor leadership effected the outcome of the 1848-9 Revolutions
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Kyle La Barge 2/7/13 HIS 150 ESSAY 1 Define nationalism and liberalism. To what extent did the revolutions of 1848 support the ideas of nationalism and liberalism? Why in 1848 did revolution triumph briefly throughout most of Europe‚ and why did it fail almost completely? Nationalism is the idea that each people had its own genius and specific unity‚ which was found most apparent in people with a common language and history. Nationalism often led to the desire for an independent
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were the late nineteenth-century Populists the heirs of the Jacksonian-Democrats with respect to overall objectives and specific proposals for reform? The Populists of the late nineteenth-century were in many aspects the heirs of the Jacksonian Democrats‚ carrying on the legacy and tradition left behind. The Populists were very similar to the Jacksonians in many of their overall objectives and specific reform proposals. During the Jacksonian Era from about 1828-1842‚ the Democrats set the standard
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Jacksonian Democracy The Jacksonian democrats saw themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity. However‚ were they really all they claimed to be? They did attempt to increase the power of lower classes while decreasing the influence of the rich and powerful. Economically‚ they benefited from governing during a time of huge advances in transportation‚ which boosted commerce and helped the common man. The
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