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    The Temperance Movement

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    United States that the temperance movement finally became reality‚ but long over a century before the ratification of the 18th Amendment the temperance movement was making its way into the United States. When examining the Prohibition its impact is palpable‚ but it was more than just a trial and error issue. The prohibition was about social reformation that took place long before the initial enactment of the 18th amendment. The era known as the temperance movement brought renovation on many aspects

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    The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called

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    and 1850‚ the United States was undergoing a series of reform movements. At the same time‚ America was rapidly growing and diversifying. Movements were designed to adapt to the new‚ bigger nation. They inspired the creation of new institutions as well. Americans had different feelings about their expanding nation. Some welcomed the changes‚ excited about the growth. Others became worried about the future of America. The reform movements came as a result of these different feelings. On the surface

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    chipko movement

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    INTRODUCTION The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. The movement practiced Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the GarhwalHimalayas of Uttarakhand‚ then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness of rapid deforestation. It was the strong uprising against those people

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    Brewer Rastafarian Movement (Bob Marley) Thirty-six years spanned Bob Marley ’s life and involvement with the Rastafarian movement and left an impact still felt around the world. Marley ’s music was a result of what he saw in himself‚ what he loved‚ and how he saw his people get treated. Followers of the Rastafarian movement are known as Rastafarians‚ the movement is named for Ras Tafari Makonnen‚ who was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in 1930. The Rastafarian movement began with the

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    The Temperance Movement

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    The Temperance Movement occurred in the United States from the 19th to 20th century. The purpose of this movement was to encourage moderate consumption of alcohol or for complete abstinence. This movement was mostly sponsored by women and their children. It was also heard from preachers at the pulpit. This movement began in Europe‚ most notably Ireland. It quickly spread throughout Europe and the United States. The first pledge of abstinence came from preachers‚ the most notable of whom was John

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    The Rastafari Movement

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    change eventually turned into an organized effort called the Rastafari Movement. This movement arose in the 1930s when Jamaica was predominately Christian. The movement put forth a powerful message of equality‚ but needed a way to relay this message to the world. With this need‚ a very unique and special form of music‚ reggae‚ came to be. Being that 98% of the populations in Jamaica were descendants of African slaves‚ the movement appealed to the great majority of the people. It sought to spread the

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    Reform Movements

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    In the duration of time between the years 1825-1850‚ many reform movements were occurring as American citizens fought for the reformation of many laws and institutions. There was the temperance movement‚ aimed toward lessening alcohol consumption‚ and in extreme cases‚ the complete abolishment of it‚ and the women’s rights movement that struggled with the task of equality for women in society and politics. Prison and church reform were also popular causes as people observed the injustices in prisons

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    The Temperance Movement

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    Temperance as a movement‚ started in the early 19th century. Before this‚ although there were diatribes published against drunkenness and excess‚[1] total abstinence from alcohol was very rarely advocated or practiced. There was also a concentration on hard spirits rather than on total abstinence from alcohol and on moral reform rather than legal measures against alcohol.[2] An early Temperance movement started during the American revolution in Connecticut‚ Virginia and New York State‚ with farmers

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    Social Movement

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    Encyclopedia Britannica defines social movement as a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal‚ typically either the implementation or the prevention of a change in society’s structure or values. Although social movements differ in size‚ they are all essentially collective. That is‚ they result from the more or less spontaneous coming together of people whose relationships are not defined by rules and procedures but who merely share a common outlook on society. I have

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