There was evidence of progress in the role of white middle class women‚ between 1815 and 1860‚ due to the commercial economy and the religious revival brought on by the antebellum market revolution and Second Great Awakening. For these white women‚ the positive affects can be seen in their dominance within their families‚ their influential movements for societal reform‚ and their independence gained form an industrial workplace while the roles of female black slaves were neither improved nor affected
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Impacts of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment on Provincial America Although the ideas and concepts of life during the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment periods proved to be drastically different‚ both proved to be influential and shaped America. The Great Awakening was a revival of religion and the Enlightenment was all about understanding science and social structure. The Great Awakening occurred from the 1730’s to the 1740’s. Mainly‚ the cause of the Great Awakening was a decline
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WHAT CAUSED THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND Divided loyalties was once cause of conflict in Northern Ireland. Most Catholics in Northern Ireland see themselves as Irish and would like their country to be reunited with Ireland. They resented the past history of English conquest where Catholics were either treated harshly or massacred. However‚ most Protestants are loyal to Britain and want to continue to be part of the United Kingdom. Many of them do not want a union with the Republic of Ireland
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The Great Awakening traces back to seventeenth century England‚ where political climate led to a decrease in spirituality. The Puritans had grown in number ever since Charles the Second assumed the throne‚ who had also agreed to join the French to oppose Holland and bring Catholicism back to England. While James the Second was the next king‚ much of the Anglican clergy were accommodating to the new monarchs‚ but they started to gravitate away from the extremes. This gave England a period of superiority
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Evangelical America After 1720‚ two great European cultural movements‚ the Enlightenment‚ which emphasized the power of human reason to understand and shape the world; and pietism‚ and evangelical christian movement that stressed the individual’s personal relationship with God reached America. Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening fostered religious freedom. The Enlightenment underlined individual’s natural rights to choose one’s faith. The Awakening contributed by setting dissenting church
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment Sabrina Stroud History 201 Professor Lewis March 5‚ 2013 The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were both extremely influential times in American history‚ but they affected people in different ways. The Great Awakening focused more on spiritual changes that revolved around faith‚ whereas the Enlightenment emphasized on intellectual change and human reason. In my opinion‚ the
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What was the great depression? The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations‚ but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s. It was the longest‚ most widespread‚ and deepest depression of the 20th century. Although the question that arises is that what actually caused the great depression? The answer to this is that it was not just one factor‚ but instead a combination
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Identify the major reform movements of the Second Great Awakening. To what extent were reformers during the Second Great awakening successful in achieving their goals? The reformers of the Great Awakening were very effective in achieving their goals due to their future advancements‚ and the major reform movements included reforms in abolition‚ Women’s rights‚ and Temperance. The abolition movement spread the idea that that slavery was wrong. It would eventually lead to the outlaw of slavery during
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in Civil War‚ which lasted four years‚ leaving over one-half million deaths‚ destruction‚ and great sectional hatred‚ has affected our country till today. The great question is what caused the southern states to secede? If slavery truly was the culprit behind this‚ if it was to what extent was it? Was the person leading our country at the time in fault for southern secession? If any what were other factors? All of these questions are still debated today. Southern believed that slaves were their
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What Caused Secession? Before the Civil War began in 1861‚ there were major factors that led to the secession of the southern states. These factors affected the people of America tremendously due to slavery and racial segregation. Three significant factors that led the eleven southern states to secede from the Union were abolitionists (Doc. 5)‚ Kansa-Nebraska Act‚ and the election of 1860 (Doc. 1). During the period of slave existence‚ abolitionists began to rebel against the situation (Doc
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