In the early 19th century, Americans experienced both social and political impact significantly due to emerging cultural changes. While religion reformed the much of the 19th century it was able to impact both political and social aspects of the Americas, through abolition and temperance it was able to bring about these changes with religion. The […]
According to Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American abolitionist Women are the architect of the society. Women played a key role in the construction of American society. However, the Declaration of Independence of the United States excludes many people. The document declares that all men are created equal but it did not mention women. While women […]
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Get startedThe women’s suffrage movement was from 1848 to 1920 when women fought and spoke out for equality and political rights. Women had no power to own land, to vote, no voice in their marriages, and were limited on what they could do. This caused women to unite and fight for their freedom such as creating […]
The 1920’s was a very strange decade a lot of things happened, a lot of people lost a lot of money, the great depression happened and all the stock markets crash in 1929 (khan academy). The president couldn’t save America anymore he tried and he just made it worst. The Great Gatsby really explained and […]
The inspiration for the American temperance movement dates back to the 1840s when masses of German and Irish immigrants moved into the country. These immigrants populated urban cities where high crime rates and violence followed. Many organizations blamed the consumption of alcoholic beverages on these wrongdoings. These groups believed alcohol was the source of all […]
The 18th amendment divided the country and society into the dries and the wets: those who supported the amendment and those who did not. By 1916 over half the US had prohibited alcohol, with the exception of anti-Prohibition states such as New York and Maryland that refused to give in. Many states much like these […]
For governing a country well / there is nothing better than moderation (64). This idea of a hands-off approach to governance drives Lao-Tzu’s central philosophy on the state. He believes that the government which governs the least, governs the best. This libertarian, laissez-faire perspective on government was extraordinarily unique in a world run by authoritarian […]
Alcohol consumption has been part of the American culture for decades; however, in the early 1800s drinking saloons were established across the United States and the threat of alcoholism, family violence and political corruption was ever existent. The good people present at the establishment of the anti-saloon league wanted nothing more than to rid their […]
It has been quite a few years since the breaking news of prohibition was announced. In summary of what has occurred lately, in 1919, the 18th Amendment was passed, which prohibited the production, transportation, and sale of any type of alcohol in the United States but did not prevent the drinking of said alcohol. This […]
Prohibition was established by the 18th Amendment in 1920. This amendment prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors. The prohibition was an effort for moral reform since many thought alcohol was to blame for the increase of failed marriages and separated families. Many saw this as a moral improvement and thought it would […]
Introduction Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15th, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read Anthony. As a little girl, she witnessed the hard work and skill exemplified by her mother and father. Daniel Anthony manufactured cotton in his self-built factory and gave the opportunity of employment to many young women, […]
The purpose of this paper is to examine the life and work of an individual who was a pioneering force during the women’s suffrage movement and the field of social work. The Declaration of Independence, in 1776 stated, that all men are created equal. What this famous document failed to mention was that all are […]
