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fundamentally associated with the sacred, meaning it participated in the realm of deity. In fact, the term “art”, as it is used today, was not a term found in most cultures of the past. The artifacts, paintings, sculpture, and other stylized material…

a unified movement. It was a series of reforems taken by many different peole, organizations, governments, etc. over a significant period of time. The sources of progressive reform religious groups, muckrakers, and the Leftist political groups…

Era began in 1900. It came to a halt in 1917 due to America's entrance into World War 1. During this time, two important Progressive presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, championed Progressive's politics on the national level. The…

1920 was a period of vital reform activity that historians have called, The Progressive Era. In this era millions of Americans organized in voluntary associations to come up with solutions to the many problems. Industrialization, with all its increase…

was the greatest period of reform that changed America to what it became today. Before the 20th century, changes of improvement were not evident. Also, the effects of Reconstruction was now dying down and America needed many legislation of reform.…

by nobody” and that it came forth in society, “like the Egyptian angel of death, commissioned to slay if not the first, the fairest born in every family” (Encarta 98). These words by Abraham Lincoln summed up the Drys’ attitude towards the…

beginnings in the Sixteenth Century Reformation. Many changes came about during that time, bringing renewed ideas to the way people practiced religion. The influence and ideas of the Reformation can still be seen in the beliefs and teachings of…

. . . Destruction . . . Genocide . . . Torture . . . Everlasting darkness . . . A black smoke rose up the chimney of the crematory and the essence of evil lingers around society. The Holocaust was a tragic point in history, which many people believe…

Americans who live in the Southwestern United States. They occupy New Mexico and Northeastern Arizona. The Pueblos include many groups, some are the Hopis, Acomas, Zunis, and Lagunas. They live on cliff tops in stone or adobe housing. The Pueblo…

the Incas were probably the most fascinating native Americans of all. They had the largest empire of all, spanning from southern Colombia to southern Chile. They had a giant road system that spanned from one end to the other; and were also famous…