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The Great Depression
Words: 891 - Pages: 4.... The nation's total income gain rose from 74.3 billion dollars in 1023 to 89.00 billion dollars in 1929.
Though most Americans are aware of in 1929, few know of the many Americans who lost their homes, life savings and jobs.
In the 1920's, after World War 1, danger signals were apparent, that was coming. A major cause of the Depression was that the pay of workers did not increase at all. Because of this they couldn't afford manufactured goods. While the factories were still manufacturing goods, Americans weren't able to afford them and the factories made little to no money.
Another major cause was related to farmers. Farmers weren' .....
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Rabindranath Tagore
Words: 212 - Pages: 1.... old, his first book appeared. In 1878, after a brief stay in England, he returned to India where he quickly became the most important and popular author of the colonial era. He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, and plays. His Collected Poems and Plays was published in 1966. He also composed several hundred popular songs. In 1929 he also began painting.
was a dedicated internationalist and educator. He established a school in 1901 in his estate in Bengal. He did this to teach a blend of eastern and western philosophies. His school was expanded into an international university in 1921 called Visva-Bharati. He also lectured and tra .....
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Excellence Redefined
Words: 2151 - Pages: 8.... many “sure things,” only with one problem: they were all illegal. Boesky and Milken characterize the rest of the financial world at the time, and Wall Street is the movie that exemplifies the such attitudes of the 1980’s from Oliver Stones accurate point of view.
Boesky and Milken had a great system. They would befriend executives in “blue chip” companies or merger and acquisition lawyers , hoping they would be given information regarding takeovers and mergers of companies before the common public. When Boesky and Milken received such information, they would strategically buy a massive amount shares in a particular company, and .....
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Ancient Celtic Religion
Words: 1456 - Pages: 6.... the hunt. Archaeological evidence suggests our ancestors made use of what is called "sympathetic" magick. To have a successful hunt, the tribe would make a life-like version of the animal they hoped to kill, and would act out the hunt. They believed that this would positively affect the real hunt. Among animism and sympathetic magick, there was also a Goddess of fertility.
There was a high mortality rate and to procreate, the fertility of women and men was extremely important. The Goddess represented childbearing, fertility of people, the earth and animals, and She was as important as the other Gods were.
There is also evidence that our .....
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Muammad Ali Jinnah
Words: 736 - Pages: 3.... of traditionally well-defined nations and advocated their cause, or led them to freedom. He created a nation out of an undeveloped and down-trodden minority and established a cultural and national home for it. He had done that all that within a decade. For over three decades before the successful pinnacle in 1947 of the Muslim struggle for freedom in the South-Asian subcontinent, Jinnah had provided political leadership to the Indian Muslims: initially as one of the leaders, but later, since 1947, as the only prominent leader- the Quaid-i-Azam. For over thirty years, he had guided their affairs; he had given expression, coherence a .....
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World War 2
Words: 787 - Pages: 3.... Jews. By 1933, Hitler
gained political power by winning the election. Soon after he made himself
absolute dictator, calling himself the Fuhrer which means "Leader". By the
end of the 30's he was already sending Jews off too concentration camps to
meet a horrible death.
I believe that Hitler was one of the greatest causes of World War 2.
Although there are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them.
Another reason was the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was
signed at the end of World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that
Germany must follow because of their defeat by Britain and France. Many
Germans w .....
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Constructing Settlement Patter
Words: 1244 - Pages: 5.... not the father's clan. Then as the tribe population increased, it divided into sub-tribes or bands for the convenience and travel. These bands were governed by band chiefs which were supported and advised by a body of other chieftains. These band chiefs managed the affairs of important ceremonies and maintenance of law and order. The tribe of the Crow consisted of two main bands, the River Crow - who lived along the Missouri, Milk and Yellowstone Rivers - and the Mountain Crow - who enjoyed the life along the high ranges of northern Wyoming and southern Montana. There is a third group, called Kicked in the Bellies, and these are closely rel .....
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Netherlands
Words: 632 - Pages: 3.... descended from the Franks, Frisians, and Saxons. According to a 1994 estimate, the had a population of 15,401,000, an increase of about 17.9% over the 1971 census total. The overall population was about 961 persons per sq. mile. The nation is heavily urbanized; about 27% of the people live in cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants, and another 62% inhabit smaller cities and towns. The largest cities are, the capital, Amsterdam; one of the worlds leading seaports, Rotterdam; the nation’s administrative center, The Hague; and a manufacturing hub, Utretch. The official language of the is Dutch, which is spoken throughout the count .....
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Address At March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
Words: 598 - Pages: 3.... to follow is “that all men, yes black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. What the “bad check” thing means is these people signed papers for all people to be created equal and it just doesn’t happen.
Also in his speech he says “we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream”. That quote meant that we the people will not give up until all this segregation between races is over with and settled.
Then all throughout the end of his speech he talks about the same thing and that is how we the peop .....
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Life In Ancient Greece 2
Words: 429 - Pages: 2.... for managing the household's supplies and overseeing the slaves, who fetched water in jugs from public fountains, cooked, cleaned, and looked after babies. Light came from olive oil lamps, heat from smoky charcoal braziers. Furniture was simple and sparse, usually consisting of wooden chairs, tables, and beds.
Food was simple too; they grew olives, grapes, figs, and some grains, like wheat and barley, and kept goats to provide milk and cheese. Bakeries sold fresh bread daily, and small stands offered snacks. Most people also raised chickens and ate eggs regularly. Although the soil was poor for growing many types of grains, olive tr .....
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