Children of the 1930s were at least protected under child labor reform measures of the 1920s, which limited their workday to eight hours and provided guidelines for employment of minors. Many children were self-employed, collecting junk to sell or doing odd jobs for neighbors.
Roman Religion Challenged. Judaism and Christianity, while posing separate threats to the empire, had one thing in common - they both refused to participate in the worship of the Roman gods and make sacrifices at their temples.
The event that marked the end of the Roman Republic is often attributed to the defeat of Marc Antony in 31 BC at the Battle of Actium which ended the period of civil war.
He was a French historian and political scientist who championed "uniquely American" values such as egalitarianism.
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