.... of many talented players. The twenties were Canada's golden age of sport. Many sports, such as hockey, football, and baseball, were becoming all professional. The sports heroes of the decade were amateurs. They often came out of nowhere to capture the headlines, medals, and world records. The greatest multi-sport hero of that age was Lionel Conacher. He played hockey, football, baseball, and lacrosse. On the day of the 1921 Grey Cup, he played in the city baseball championship, and hit a triple in the last inning to win it. Then he drove across town and scored 15 points in the Grey Cup, as the Argos steamrolled to a 23-0 win .....

.... over love and fertility. Furthermore, Anahita, like Ishtar, not only "ensured the continuity of life" but "was at the same time a goddess of war" (Ghirshman 250). This paradox of a goddess ruling warfare as well as love and life was found among the Greeks as well. Thus, statues of were often worshipped by Greek warriors before going into battle. According to Getty, the beautiful young woman was seen as being a symbol for all that the men were fighting for. Thus, the goddess was "called upon to drive the men into battle-frenzy in order to satisfy their honour and the need to protect their 'property'" (Getty 23). Just as there are .....

.... of history. The people could be divided into three groups, the Nobles, the Clergy, and the rest. At this time the peasants owned 80 percent of the land, but had no rights at all. To add to their misery, the food was in short supply. It is estimated that on the eve of the French Revolution one-fifth of the population had no resources at all. World War I broke out August 1914, setting France, Russia, Britain, Belgiumand Serbia at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Everyone assumed the war would be over in a few months. Instead, the war lasted for four years. Germany finally agreed to sign an armistice on November 11, .....

.... of the city was still there. The citizens were determined to rebuild. Architects and Engineers came from around the world and started building just what it was like before. In 10 years after the fire, Architects had begun to make buildings that were unprecedented. The city was now buying, consuming, trading, manufacturing and selling more then ever before. 350 trains a day were coming to to do business. The downtown was locked by the boundaries of water and a railroad. was the second largest city of the nation. People from all parts of the world were attracted to because that was the place where they saw lots of business opport .....

.... several passengers, on an open road near his native town, Illogan. His success was due to the greater efficiency and smaller size of his power unit, wich was the first to have the piston moved by steam at high pressure. In the United States, the inventor Oliver Evans obtained the first patent on a steam carriage in 1789. In 1803, he built a self-propelled steam dredge, wich is regarded as the first self-propelled vehicle to operate over American roads. In France and Germany, meanwhile, attention turned to the development of the internal-combustion engine. By 1980, more than 300 million cars and 85 million trucks and buses were operating th .....

.... eight of the first twelve presidents of the United States were slaveowners. Debates were had about slavery in the south but slavery was to stay for some time. Not even a century later between ten and eleven million Africans were sent to the United States to serve as slaves, about forty percent of southern population was made up of slaves. When all of these Africans arrived the legal status of them was poorly defined, and some managed to become free after a period of time, much like the indentured servants. But in the late 1600’s the colonies decided to enact laws that regulated the slaves. The most important regulation at the time w .....

.... as "Steam Boat Willie" (1928). Other great cartoon films done be Disney include "Skeleton Dance" in (1929). The silent movies of the twenties is nothing to compaire with the voiced movies we have today. The actors had to show alot of facial and bady expressions to get the veiwers to understand what was happening in the film. The most talented actor's in the twenties were Charlie Chaplai who was known for his "tramp" look, Keaton with his stone facial expressions (because he showed no emotion) and the famous romatic Radolph Valintino. These three and many more entertained Canadians through the twenties. In 1926 the voice era w .....

.... for their land, which was rich in resources. These tribes couldn't even read the treaty they were signing, "We understand the said Royal Niger company have full power to mine, farm and build in any portion of our country."(Human record, pg.92) This type of exploitation was common throughout , but it was all done in a way that it seemed as beneficial for the colonized, as for them. Technological Advancements were very important in the development of . Inventions such as the maxim machine gun and the steamboats were key for the Europeans too reach their objectives in Asia and Africa. Steamboats were essential for the transport of goods an .....

.... factories, shipyards, and railroads are prime examples of the conditions they were forced to live and work in. Fae Ng described the difficulty very well by taking a look at her mother’s job in the clothing factory and Leon’s Job on the ships. They had very little advancement in the work force because they couldn’t communicate well enough that they actually had skills. Trials in the work place helped the immigrants impress upon their children the importance of education. Education in Asia was and is completely different from western civilization. Asian teachers bear all the responsibility without any help from the home. Ng’s p .....

.... place was that of a mother, a wife, or a daughter. Later in the 17th century and into the early 18th all these previous notions or beliefs would be altered somehow. The Scientific revolution in europe brought people to realize under the guidance of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo that the world was not a still planet orbited by other "perfect" orbs or the sun, but instead it along with the other imperfect earth-like worlds rotated the sun. Also these men showed the ordained church was not flawless, and this opened u a door, a door that allowed the church to be questioned and made people want to draw their own conclusions (this desire would .....