In Antebellum America‚ a Second Great Awakening swept the nation through fervorous Protestant religious revivals. As a matter of fact‚ 75% of Americans attended church regularly during this time. The Second Great Awakening was an important period in history because many religions‚ denominations‚ and utopian societies were founded‚ it shaped the way churches are now‚ and it influenced many more important movements in American history. The Second Great Awakening was a time in which Protestant revivals
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The Great Awakening By the early 1700’s religion had begun to slack in the colonies. Partly because many of the colonists were starting to worry more about personal riches than their own religious observances. It began after the religious developments in Europe as new ministers started arriving and spreading their word. One of the principal figures in the Great Awakening was Jonathan Edwards. Edwards is known for his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon. In it
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Many factors led to the Great Depression. The most popular of which is the fall of the stock exchange in the late 1920s‚ and early 1930s. Wealthy Americans had been hyper inflating stock prices. Large portions of their assets were tied up into company stocks. When the stock market began to fall‚ this caused a mass selling of many stocks. A domino like effect spread throughout the market. Now wealthy Americans had lost their nest eggs‚ companies began to shutter‚ and liquidity began to dry up. This
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This double in wealth was accomplished due to many factors. John Green explains in “The Roaring 20’s: Crash Course US History #32” that “Productivity rose dramatically largely because older industry’s adopted Henry Ford’s assembly line techniques and newer industries like aviation‚ chemicals‚ and electronics grew up to provide Americans with new products and new jobs.” With a drastic
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I am writing to tell the readers of The New York Times about what has happened in Boston because of the Great Awakening. Before the Great Awakening‚ the churches in my community were not preaching the truth of Christ. This led to many other issues‚ like the people having a harsh and uncaring form of Christianity. They also were missing the spiritual enthusiasm that they needed. Colleges for ministers also failed to do their part and helped strengthen the spiritual issues that we were struggling with
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The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations‚ but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was the longest‚ most widespread‚ and deepest depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century‚ the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how far the world ’s economy can decline. Cities all around the world were hit hard‚ especially
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The Great Depression started on Black Tuesday‚ October 29‚ 1929. It then continued til the late 1930s. It was an extremely difficult time for Americans. There was a significant decline in economic growth and employment. Millions of Americans lost their homes‚ money‚ and jobs. As a result‚ many people become poor and could no longer afford to buy the simplest things such as food. This type of situation never happened so quickly in America. Many did not know what to do or how to stop the Great Depression
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The Great Depression lasted was a major depression that started in 1929 and ended in 1939. When it first started‚ it was solely American. As time went on‚ with the United States in a depression‚ the other countries began to slowly fall into a depression as well‚ making the Great Depression a worldwide depression. The banks closed down‚ unemployment was at an all-time high‚ with states averaging 20 percent. Some states had very high unemployment‚ such as Ohio with a 50 percent unemployment rate and
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The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world which lasted for an entire decade. It began in August 1929‚ when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday‚" October 24‚ 1929 when traders sold 12.9 million shares of stock in one day‚ tripling the usual figures. Over the next few days‚ stock prices fell 23 percent causing the famed “Stock Market crash” which sent Wall
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The great depression was a tragic event that lasted ten long years. It caused farmers to lose their farms and many people to become homeless. Although the great depression was a big part of history‚ I personally think it could have been prevented. All the wide ranging issues that caused the great depression were actions made by people. Stock speculation and mass selling‚ government policy decisions and income stratification all played a part in causing the great depression. What caused The Great
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