Galileo's work came into conflict with the Church because he proposed that the Earth actually rotates around the Sun, instead of the Earth being the center of the universe, which is what the Church held. It was "resolved" when the Church sentenced him to life in prison. <span />
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Americans believed that they had a right to any land they wanted. First used in 1845, the term Manifest Destiny conveyed the idea that the rightful destiny of the US included imperialistic expansion.
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The Harlem Renaissance is also called the "Black Literary Renaissance", '"The New Negro Movement" and "The flowering of Negro literature". ... They wanted to celebrate the fact that their African culture had survived through the terrible years of slavery, and was being "reborn".
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The immediate freeing of all enslaved peoples.
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After the 1800s - or after the Second Great Awakening - abolitionist wanted immediate freedom of all enslaved peoples as well as their acceptance into US society.
President Kennedy, in those words from his inaugural speech in 1961, wanted to urge Americans toward public service and global service. Kennedy was instrumental in establishing the Peace Corps, which was put into place not long after his inauguration (already in March, 1961). The Peace Corps enlisted Americans as volunteers to give their time to serving underdeveloped nations in the world.
