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Unlike the American Revolution, the causes of the War of 1812 were far more economically and politically motivated than idealistic. Instead, the War of 1812 pitted the fledgling United States, barely twenty years old, against Great Britain in a conflict centered on recognizing American commercial and political rights.
It was the elite and wealthy who were opposed progressive reform, because the purpose of this reform was to eliminate corruption in both big business and the government, and both of these entities were highly intertwined with the wealthy.
The overall goal of labor unions during the late 1800s and early 1900s was to protect workers from heavy abuses by their employers--abuses such as working incredibly long hours and working in very dangerous factory conditions.
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Herodotus
Explanation:
Herodotus is usually refereed to as the father of history (first by Cicero). Herodorus was a Greek historian from Halicarnassus (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) who lived in the 5th century BCE.