<span>Human sacrifice, a feature of all Meso-American and Andean religions, has often given rise to the portrayal of the American civilizations as particularly cruel and backward, and it has to be admitted that the practice is so alien to our way of thinking that an objective assessment is very difficult.
Accounts on the extent of the practice vary widely. Without doubt the largest number of human sacrificial offerings were made by the Aztecs. Berdan (1982) quotes reports on the dedication of the great dual temple in Tenochtitlán in 1487 that range from 80,400 captives sacrificed over a four day period (according to a Spanish account) to 20,000 in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis (an Aztec manuscript).
Even if these figures represent an extreme event, regular monthly or fortnightly human sacrifice was practiced by the Aztecs, the Incas, the Mayas and others. It has to be understood that human sacrifice was accepted as part of everyday life, that everyone was a potential candidate for sacrifice, and that it was considered an honour when fate determined one's death on the altar. Some wars between the Aztecs and the neighbouring Tlaxcallans and Huexotzincos were fought periodically by mutual agreement with the sole purpose to obtain prisoners of war for future sacrifice.</span>
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Yes
Explanation: Redemptive social movements are classified as radical movements targeted to specific individuals. The KKK targeted racially biased individuals very radically.
The first monument erected in Richmond, Virginia was in 1890, and it was a monument of Robert E. Lee. Another five monuments were added later, two in 1907, one in 1919, one in 1929, and one in 1996. Thee monuments are mostly related to the confederacy, except for that one of Arthur Ashe, who was a tennis player.
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There are several factors that transformed the US economy in the 19th century:
- Acquisition of new territories, westward expansion and access to new resources;
- the construction of railroad networks from the East Coast to the West Coast that allowed fast transportation of goods;
- invention of new devices and products that had massive demand;
- increasing use of machines that replaced hand labor and large scale manufacturing which accelerated after the Civil War;
- credit facilities by investors and bankers for businesses;
- growing urbanization and rural migration to the large cities.
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The polar region is located near the poles.
