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Jonathan Edwards
Sermon A key figure in the Great Awakening. A movement to bring people to the Christian faith, Most famous for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" -
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The Age Of Faith
Age of Faith Definition Also known as "Middle Ages" a period of study has evolved over centuries of scholarship and age of reasoning. -
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Enlightenment
enligtenment definition A philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms.
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The Crusades
Crusades The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens -
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The Age of Reason
definition a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms" -
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Romanticism
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artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world. -
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The Transcendentalist
definition A 19th-century idealistic philosophical and social movement that taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity. -
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Abolish Slavery
Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolishes slavery.. -
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Realism
definition The Realism period is the movement that focused on giving a view on what was occuring at the time, and what was actually going on in society. -
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Naturalism
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Mark Twain
Accomplishments Mark Twains' major works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -
Frederick Douglas
Sourcefrederick Douglas major accomplishments were "The Narrative of the Life," "My Bondage and My Freedom." -
Jack London
Jack London The Call Of The Wild was Jack Londons best accomplishment . The story describes the adventures of Buck, a dog taken from California to Yukon. Buck learns to be brutal in order to survive. -
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Civil War
Civil War Civil War officially ends when Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House. -
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Modernism
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WWI Starts
ResourceGermany declares war on Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany as German troops invade Belgium. Japan also declares war on Germany. -
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The Harlem Rennaissance
Harlem , a blossoming of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts. -
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Contemporary Literature
definition Contemporary literature is literature with its setting generally after World War II. Subgenres of contemporary literature include contemporary romance. -
Pluto Discovered
Pluto On February 18, 1930, Clyde W. Tombaugh, an assistant at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered Pluto. -
