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    Methods of engaging in the new social movements of the twenty first century take different forms ranging from environmental and sexual reforms to religious revolutions and alternative ways of addressing globalization. As a result, a diverse number of interests groups have sprung up, each with their own agenda, making adhering to a single, universal cause difficult and oftentimes a point of contention. The conflicts of interest arising between grassroots movements and state involvement illustrate the

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    believe Harriet Tubman made the biggest significance in the civil rights movement. She had a great impact on many African Americans that were slaves for white families. Harriet Tubman was one of the earliest civil rights activist, she was nicknamed Moses and she proved slaves could escape slavery. She acted as a civil rights activist before many other known activist. She made a eminent repercussion on the civil rights movement. Biography.com states,”Harriet was one of the first to lead an armed

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    political issues plaguing the nation through reform and Ronald G. Walters eloquently depicts the reform movements of the early-mid 19th century. His work is very accurate and progressive in every sense. Ronald G. Walters has been in staff of John Hopkins University since 1970, he is a professor of 19th-and 20th century social and cultural history. The emphasis of his teachings are on social movements within the time period. He received his undergraduate degree at Stanford and a PhD at Berkeley in history

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964, businesses could discriminate against individuals based on their ethnicity, religion, sex, or national origin. The landmark legislation marked the success of the Civil Rights Movement and a new beginning in American politics. Even before the Civil Rights Movement, abolitionists smuggled escaped slaves into the North via the Underground Railroad, an organization devoted to the freedom of slaves. Eventually, tension between the federal and state governments over the issue of

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    Going along with this the reformers actually sort of worked together to achieve their goals. Many people were advocated for two or more of the movements and others at least agreed with or supported the other reformers. Something else that tied these people together was their use of nonviolence. Of course there are a few exceptions, but most of the reformers followed this principle. Lastly, all reformers

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    formation of new groups, propaganda, and books, American reformers took to supporting their own cause. America saw many movements that sought to provide positive reformation in areas such as temperance, slavery, government, penitentiary, and women’s suffrage; and though not all of these movements were immediately successful, they were able to expand upon democratic ideals. One reform movement that sought change during this time period were those who believed in temperance. Alcohol had become very popular

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    Rights Movement of the 1960s is one of the most significant periods of American history, but the struggle for equality began long before any March on Washington. The passage of the 13th Amendment in the 1860s was followed by a chain reaction consisting of black codes, Jim Crow, and the formation of the KKK and NAACP (Aiken et al., 2013). The 1900s saw progress in the form of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Little Rock Nine, successful bus boycotts, and a nonviolent protest movement emboldened

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    massive audience. These religious ideas of purity, equality, and the fallacy of predestination attributed to many important reform movements, including the temperance movement, the Abolition Movement, the first wave of Feminism, and reforms within prisons. One major movement in the 19th century that grew from the Second Great Awakening was the Temperance Movement, a movement that would later lead to the 18th amendment which prohibited the sale and brewing of alcohol and ushered in the Prohibition Era

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    The Temperance Movement, the effort to end alcohol abuse, explained why my dad wasn’t seen with a bottle that morning. “Mothers and daughters need to have a heart to heart talk once in a while,” she said, before sliding me something to eat. I vaguely wondered if becoming

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    to Him again. Even though it disturbed many other religions and their customs, it encouraged moral and social order within the people. During the Second Great Awakening, religious values promoting perfectionism and equality led to broader reform movements in education, abolitionism, and feminism. The Burnt Over District was influenced by evangelical Protestantism which had focused on the need for emotional conversion experiences. Their idea of sin was that it was a voluntary thing. After attending

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