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At the time of the American Revolution, they argued in favor of establishing more democratic forms of government. Radical revolutionaries had a strong trust in the people, viewed them as inherently virtuous (see public virtue), and believed that citizens could govern themselves. Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine might be described as radical revolutionaries. See cautious revolutionaries.
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A faction of the Republican party during Reconstruction, they favored forcing the South to make fundamental changes before readmission to the Union. Eventually they won control because of Southerners' refusal to accept more lenient plans for Reconstruction.
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Rising to power in Hawaii in 1891, she initiated a strong anti American policy. Her overthrow in 1893 by white islanders paved the way for ultimate American annexation in 1897.
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A cornerstone of good citizenship in republican states, public virtue involved the subordination of individual self interest to serving the greater good of the whole community. Revolutionary leaders believed that public virtue was essential for a republic to survive and thrive. If absent, governments would be torn apart by competing private interests and succumb to anarchy, at which point tyrants would emerge to offer political stability but with the loss of dearly won political liberties.
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A Quaker schoolteacher, Crandall sparked controversy when she opened a school for the education of free blacks.
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A religious reform movement formally begun in 1517 when the German friar Martin Luther openly attacked abuses of Roman Catholic doctrine. Luther contended that the people could read scripture for themselves in seeking God's grace and that the Bible, not church doctrine, was the ultimate authority in human relationships. Luther's complaints helped foster a variety of dissenting religious groups, some of which would settle in America to get away from various forms of oppression in Europe.
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The ban of the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, adopted in 1919, established prohibition. The amendment was repealed in 1933, with adoption of the Twenty first Amendment.
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Prerušenia dodávok ropy a rastúce ceny ropy, ktoré Spojené štáty zažil v roku 1973 a 1979. V roku 1973, Stredná východných národov bolo uvalené embargo na olej preprave potrestať West na podporu Izraela v roku arabské izraelská vojna. Druhý ropný šok nastal, keď iránskej revolúcie narušený olej preprave do západných národov.
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Patriarchálnej sociálne a politické systémy sú označené moci a autority bydlisko u mužov, ako otec rodiny. Takýto orgán potom prechádza od otca k synovi generáciami, a muži, vo všeobecnosti kontrolu rozhodovania. Pozri coverture.
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Hlavné základne do U. S. Tichomoria, ktoré Japonsko zaútočil na 7 decembri 1941, núti USA do svetovej vojny.
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