Newspapers flourished, dramatically, in early nineteenth-century America. By the 1830s the United States had some 900 newspapers, about twice as many as Great Britain—and had more newspaper readers, too. The 1840 U.S. census counted 1,631 newspapers; by 1850 the number was 2,526, with a total annual circulation of half a billion copies for a population of a little under 23.2 million people. Most of those newspapers were weeklies, but the growth in daily newspapers was even more striking. From just 24 in 1820, the number of daily newspapers grew to 138 in 1840 and to 254 in 1850. By mid-century the American newspaper industry was amazingly diverse in size and scope. Big city dailies had become major manufacturing enterprises, with highly capitalized printing plants, scores of employees, and circulations in the tens of thousands. Meanwhile, small town weeklies, with hand-operated presses, two or three employees, and circulations in the hundreds were thriving as well.
The causes of this boom in American newspapers were varied and independent in origin, but they were mutually reinforcing. The U.S. population was growing and spreading out to new regions distant from the old seaboard settlements. As new towns formed, new institutions—including newspapers—blossomed. Indiana, for example, had only one newspaper in 1810 but seventy-three by 1840. Politically, America was highly decentralized, with government business conducted at the national, state, county, and town levels. Each of these levels of government needed newspapers, and the new American system of political parties also supported newspapers. Commercially, as new businesses flourished, so did the advertising function of the newspaper press. Rapidly urbanizing cities could even support multiple daily newspapers. The early nineteenth century was also a boom time for religious and reform organization, and each voluntary association needed its newspaper.
Humanism played an important role in education during the time of the Renaissance. Its goal was to improve the lives of the country's citizens and help their communities. During the Renaissance, the humanists opened schools to teach their viewpoints. They also wrote many books about their views. Humanism was a cultural and intellectual movement that was predominant in the fourteenth to sixteenth century Europe. It promoted vernacular texts as opposed to the church's restriction on any text other than religious texts.
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One draw back to a direct democracy is that corruption would still exsist.
Answer:
The correct answer is <u>B</u>: Michelangelo
Explanation:
<em>David </em>is a Renaissance Sculpture made by the Italian artist Michelangelo between 1500 and 1504. It is a marble statue that represents a Biblical hero David at the time of his fight with Goliath, and it also represents a symbol of the medieval state of Florence.
David is one of Michelangelo's two greatest sculptural works and it's also considered one of the most recognizable sculptures in the world. Michelangelo's David differs from other versions of David because it portrays David before his battle, while the other artists represent him after his glorious victory over the giant.
The Statue of David is currently located in the Accademia Gallery in Florence.
