Have sexual ethics in America always been like this? ... In other words, a new ideology of sexual restraint became prevalent among middle-class Americans. ... Even before the Sexual Revolution took root in America, one can see the reactions and desires of many people in America to promote a new ideology of sexual morality. Contrary to the popular mythology, however, the Sexual Revolution did not really begin with the birth control pill because the trend of the revolution can be traced back to the end of World War I. ... The decade of the 1920s is sometimes referred to as America's f...

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I experienced that my American friends invited me along to worship sessions at their own family church. ... I will focus on religious liberty and how it became one of the big issues when "creating America" and why it is still a "big issue" in today's America. I will first and foremost give a historical overview of how religious liberty was meant to be a part of the American society through the American Constitution of 1787. ... One meets religion almost everywhere in the corners of America. ... It is folly to classify America as a Christian nation just because some religious authorities ...

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In America women and African Americans have been the oppressed group. ... In the late 18th century during the American Revolution the issue for women rights became prominent. ... The 1960's was the beginning of the sexual revolution which was a liberating social movement that challenged what individuals had previously seen as sexual norms. Contraception and the pill, public nudity, the normalization of premarital sex, homosexuality and alternative forms of sexuality, and the legalization of abortion all followed as a part of the revolution. Both feminism and the sexual revolut...

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The outcome of each revolution, has effected the style and manor of the next revolution there after in the world. ... No revolution since has encountered such a large number of casualties as The Vietnam Revolution did. ... This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... Ho Chi Minh established a guerrilla forces unit called the Vietcong in South Vietnam to begin uprising in the state. ... The revolution in Vietnam was imminent, and the American government believed it had no other choice but to help South Vietnam fight for its freedom. ...

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The discovery and colonisation of the Americas, the exploitation of slaves to be used as a work force to generate commercial goods, the consumerist and industrial revolutions that followed and the formation of the foundations of the modern financial system. ... Africans were transported to America to be sold throughout the continent as slave labourers. ... The French Revolution lead to a huge social upheaval and the French Revolutionary wars between the new French Republic and other Monarchical European countries. ... To begin with British traders merely supplied slaves to the Spanish and Port...

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In fifteen months as much as a quarter of the American country had heard his message. ... I find Whitefield to be significant in this point of American religious history because it opened the eyes of thousands of people. ... This constant reference illustrates a sense of respect for the groups attempt to start and settle within American. ... My judgment: I stand with and against Marty on this group of people, as I understand the highlighting of these people as they tried, time and time again, to begin a motivated religious practice. ... Due to the Church of England belonging to the Protestant ...

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To begin, freemasonry is believed by masons to have been around since the time of Solomon, but the first official Masonic lodge was built in England in 17172. ... Prince Hall, an ex-slave, became a mason while fighting in the American Revolution alongside white soldiers who were freemasons. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. Upon returning from the revolution and opening the first black lodge in Boston, MA, Hall was faced with discrimination and the idea of separate but equal, meaning not equal. ... In Hall's...

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Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. ... In response, Mexican-Americans, as well as Anglo-Americans, have searched for ways to counter such misinformation. ... The Chronicle highlighted the high numbers of working-class Mexican-Americans while citing the low numbers of Mexican-American professionals. ... In addition to these statistics, many Americans point to the high drop-out rates as an indication of the Mexican-American lack of commitment and dedication to higher educat...

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Early in America's history, the agriculture business emerged as a profitable part of the American economy, and farmers and plantation owners quickly realized that one of the best ways to maximize their profits was to employ skilled workers who could meet daily quotas of crops picked but pay these workers nothing. Skilled, burly hard working laborers that did not require payment sounded ideal to early Americans. ... Only after taking a look at how this became such a major problem, as well as the key players in this fight for migrant equality, can one begin to consider what can be done abou...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. ... This election is correctly described in history as "the revolution of 1800". A revolution is when something is completely changed or a balance of power is shifted by force. ... So for all intents and purposes, it could be said a revolution took place during the election of 1800, because from that point on the face of American government would never be the same. 2) The case of Marbury vs. ... Clay called this ...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. ... Despite their hardships, the Native Americans triumphed in the end. ... The story of the Pequots reminds Americans of the disgusting and violent past, but also shows how America can right their wrongs and adapt. ... His home was a fifty-thousand-acre piece of land, which he hired the Native Americans to help take care of. ... Not only did the gold rush draw immigrants from around the world, but it also led to the construction of the transcontinental rail world that in time would "jump-start the industrial revolution" (Gil...

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When the settlers first came to America they settled in villages near the coast. ... After a boy reached the age of eight or nine, he would begin to help out with the father's job, which was farming, and a dress would not suit the job very well. ... It then became one of the staple foods of North American colonists. ... Hunting was a very popular pastime in colonial America. ... In the 19th century, sexual lives of Americans began to change. ...

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This is precisely what has happened with Iran and the United States since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. ... Anti-Western sentiments didn't begin until a revolution was sparked from powerful religious leaders who were discontented with the secular progressive government. ... So when the revolution successful captured the American Embassy in Tehran and ousted the ruling government in 1979, the new Islamist government was built on a strong foundation of anti-Western sentiments, more specifically, anti-American sentiments. ... As to be expected from the rise of an anti-American government i...

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The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ... However, the predominant reason behind the Revolution was political. ... America was no longer a truly British nation, so they decided to break away. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. ...

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The "Revolution" in Literature During the 19th/20th Centuries An influential English Modernist Virginia Woolf once said, "On or about December 1910, the world changed". ... Society's intellect was expanding with the impacts of the scientific revolution and new discoveries, the potential for the expansion of perspective was now present. ... The rise of philosophical skepticism and theories such as existentialism, and empiricism were also some of the aspects that inspired writers who were in the height of the career during these philosophical revolutions in society. ...

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Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. ... National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the p...

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The industrial revolution was such a turning point in history because almost every aspect of daily life was affected in one way or another. ... Another way the industrial revolution improved communication was when steamboats and canals were created in the late 1700's mid 1800's. ... "James Watt is credited as the inventor of what could be considered as one of the greatest achievements of the Industrial Revolution (Industrial Age: Technological & Scientific Advancements). ... The cartoon was originally printed in the New York World but later moved to Heart's Journal American (Kov...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. ... In the begin of the twentieth century only few Blacks had managed to enter the middle-class. ... A turning point in the Blacks' relation to America was the Second World War. ... In the South, mostly African-Americans of the middle-class took an active part in the struggle for integration in the American society. With the help of the Christian church they managed to ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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So, many studies of the two begin with 1949, as if the events preceding were the history of some third country. ... Indeed, there certainly was an island revolution. That revolution was primarily a socio-economic one. ... Esherick offers more than one explanation for the revolution. ... Like George Washington in the American colonies or General Giap in Vietnam, Mao was smart because he recognized factors were in his favor. ...

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This God was figured as an authoritarian deity in Blake's engravings, as an old man with flowing white hair too old to father children, whose commandments are the negative 'Thou shalt not' with which most of the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament begin. ... " William Blake lived during a time of intense social change; the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. ...

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Atkins originally wrote his book, New Diet Revolution, in 1972 when he realized what an epidemic diabetes had become in America. ... It was the right time and place for Atkins to reintroduce his dieting ideals to America. ... Today the Atkins diet is more popular than ever with millions of Americans abiding by and growing numbers of popularity worldwide. ... There is no questioning that obesity has become an epidemic in America with a staggering 2/3 of adults being overweight and astonishing 1 in 3 Americans diagnosed as obese, but how far are those who wish to shed the pounds willing to go to...

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The western powers looked on with horror at the Bolshevik Revolution. ... As soon as the war ended, the relations between America and Russia cooled. American's regretted their isolation in the years between the wars. ... America fully agreed with the "Iron Curtain" speech." ... The Truman Doctrine was the beginning of American policy for the Cold War. ...

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Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the pe...

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