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    righteousness. At the forefront of the movement were the temperance reformers who fought for a change in alcoholism‚ and abolitionist who strived for the downfall of slavery. Temperance reformers were mostly women and religious leaders. Lyman Beecher‚ a well known preacher and temperance leader during this time‚ talked about how intemperance was destroying our nation. He stated that intemperance was‚”…continually transferring larger and larger bodies of men‚ from the class of contributors to the national

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    . The nullification controversy of 1832 was a major milestone in the national debate over federal versus state authority. Coming at a time when agitation over slavery and other issues that tended to divide the country along sectional lines was growing‚ the nullification controversy brought the states’ rights debate into sharp focus. The root of the problem of protective tariffs is that they are almost by definition designed to assist certain segments of the economy. In the era in question‚ the

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    Democracy” Specie circular “slavocracy” Tariff of 1833 “Trail of Tears” Panic of 1837 Force Bill Divorce Bill Lone Star “pet” banks Indian Removal Act Written Responses: 1. Describe and explain the growth of “Mass Democracy” in the 1820’s. 2. Explain the “corrupt bargain”. 3. Identify the regional support for each candidate in the 1824 election. 4. How did the “corrupt bargain” of 1824 and Adams’ unpopular presidency set the stage for Jackson’s election in 1828? 5. How did the

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    American Reform Movements From 1790 to 1860 reforms emerged in the United States in attempt to create a more advanced society. Many of the movements that were attempted failed due to either entrenched social conservatism or weaknesses in the movements themselves. New religions started to emerge based on Christianity‚ but shaped to their preferences. Along with new religions were Utopias that were part of cooperative‚ communistic‚ or “communitarian” nature. The temperance movement started to

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    nPrison Reform Movement Messiah‚ Katherine‚ Ezequiel‚ Nancy and Christopher Prison Reform- The attempt to improve conditions inside prison aiming at a more effective penal system Prisons have only been used as the primary punishment for criminal acts in the last couple of centuries. Far more common earlier were various types of corporal punishment‚ public humiliation‚ penal bondage‚ and banishment for more severe offences‚ as well as capital punishment. United States- In colonial America‚ punishments

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    beginning of the chapter‚ the reader is introduced to the main characters‚ Buster and Barbara. Buster appeared in a new place when the reader was surprised to find the little hermit crap stumble our carton full of seashells Barbara had brought back from the Bahamas to give to her daughter back in Tucson‚ Arizona. Barbara‚ an animal behaviorist is very accepting at what life throws in the way “To walk upright‚ to protect my loved ones‚ to cooperate with my family—however broadly I care to define it

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    List several evils that the reformers of the period 1820-1860 tried to eliminate. Gender inequality and slavery were the two biggest evils that reformers tried eliminating in the time period. The abolition of slavery had many reformers behind it. Two very important men trying to achieve this were Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison‚ a white man‚ going to show there was support from all types of people. Two of the women’s rights advocates were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sarah Grimke. They

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    Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received

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    Antebellum Reform Movements During the years of 1825-1850‚ the United States went through many changes that impacted the United States’ economy‚ government‚ and social life style of many people especially due to the start of the Industrial Revolution. As the United States found conflict with the West as they continue to expand more further to West‚ the United States also found conflict within their nation with so many reform movements that were occurring in their nation. These reform movements lead

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    Current Religious Movement and Sixteenth-Century Protestant Reform Comparing todays Protestants Reformation to sixteenth century Reform shows the Protestant church to have separated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church‚ similar to a new reform that has risen called the Messianic Christen movement. During the protestant reform‚ the church existed in conflict with the Catholic church. The Protestant church believed their power came directly from God. In contrast to the Catholic Church who believed

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