Human autonomy is the key concept of Enlightenment ideas. This passage relates to those ideas because Napoleon is refering to the importance of reason over beliefs. When he says "the souls of men proceed along different roads" he is also claiming that any religion is valid to feel close to the creator. In a sense Napoleon makes reference to secularization (the idea of religion and politics should be separated and that one's method of worship should be a private matter). That is why he claims that he could be Catholic, Muslim, or Jew.
Hydroelectric power and natural gas was introduced in the late 1800s
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The difference between government solutions to problems and individual or community solutions is the following.
Government solutions are focused on resolving broader issues in different parts of the country that benefits the majority of the people. It could be, for instance, the construction of important infrastructure such as building a dam that benefits many states. Or a public highway that connects many towns throughout the state or nationally. On the other hand, individual solutions tend to onñy benefit the people or the individual that solicit help to resolve a particular problem in its area or community. It is local-focused.
The Pullman strike ended with widespread violence and the President at the time (Grover Cleveland) sent out the army to stop the strikes from obstructing the trains from running. The Pullman Strike was a boycott which shut down much of the passenger and freight trains west of Detroit because of reduction wages. Many of these workers were laid off and had their wages lowered, but did not have their rent lowered which was essentially unfair, as they all lived in towns for train workers.
