PPT-Standard 13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics

Booker T Washington Created the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881 He urged his students to try and become skilled in a trade and to put aside the desires of political equality He felt that African Americans would gain acceptance through economics in stead of politics. Lefort. , some major claims. • political philosophy as focus on . the political. - vs. politics: a delimited area of life and activity. - . the political: . the (specific) formation (. mise. en . forme. At first glance, American politics is complicated and complex, but upon further examination, everything that happens in the American political process has a logical and often simple explanation. . Why Do We Have a Government?. Gerry Stoker. @. ProfStoker. g.stoker@soton.ac.uk. . 1. Exploring thinking . Learning from others: Kahneman. The complexity of thinking: automatic through intentional spectrum . Information, evidence and computation through to beliefs and heuristics, to affective influences ( mood, emotions) . Neil . mcculloch. John ward. Esme Sindou. Background. Aid is political …. … and achieving a developmental objective requires a deep understanding of the politics. Power sector reform is particularly “political”. Chapter 12. Religion. Religious Revival. Religious Revivals (people redefining and becoming more religious) were very popular. People moved back to religion after the Enlightenment and Rationalism that occurred during the revolutionary period. 1790-1860. “. We (Americans) will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak with our own minds”. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar,” 1837 . *The Second Great . Civil War. . 1. a. Identify Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, and . explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War. . 2. b. Discuss how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions between . Creating a Distinctive American Culture in the 18. th. Century. Making Sense of 18. th. Century American Politics. Inheritance of British ideology about government. Divergence: The Nature of American politics. 1790-1860. Nationalism?. Ongoing Impact of the . American Revolution. French Revolution, 1789. Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804. Latin American Revolutions, 1820s. Regional Identities .  American Sectionalism. Ross Perot: 1992, 1996. Ralph Nader: 2000, 2004. Warm-Up: The Government Club T-Shirt. Today, we will be selecting the color for the new government club T-shirt. The choices, as determined by early voting, are blue and yellow.. and Reform, 1800-1860. Rational Religion. Deism- believed in a rational God. All equal. They prized science and reason.. Deists were skeptical of Christianity, miracles, and the divinity of Jesus.. Unitarianism and Universalism. Civil War. . 1. a. Identify Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, and . explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War. . 2. b. Discuss how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions between . AP US History. Second Great Awakening. CC #15 3:18 to 6:13. Event. Rebirth of religion in the early 1800s. Causes. Society wasn’t as religious in the Revolutionary Era so Americans returned to their religious roots. Examples:. Health Care Reform . Immigration Reform. Gun Control. Education Reform . Marriage Reform. Second Great Awakening. Second Great Awakening. . was 19. th. century religious movement in which individual responsibility for seeking salvation was emphasized along with the need for personal and social improvement. .