decline of industry also contributed to the Great Depression. Cars and buses were created, putting thousands of railroad workers out of work, the same going for coal mining and factories as new sources of power were discovered. Fewer homes being built also led to an increased unemployment rate. Consumer
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movement by the Germans advancing throughout Belgium and France. Quickly though stalemate and trench warfare became the way of the war. Life in the trenches during the war varied between different fronts and sectors. But what was it really like for the men fighting in the trenches? Why were so many people unprepared for the outbreak of the war in 1914? The last time there had been such a huge conflict between nations dated back to the days of Napoleon. People did not expect one assassination to
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Landon Allen- Id#800899473 San Juan Spanish settlement AMST 3000-004 September 29, 2017 Word count: 1165 As I was watching the videos on the Spanish settlement in Morganton NC, the narrator who opened the video said that must information people have is that of early English settlements like Jamestown, Roanoke colony, and others. And that’s just as far as their insight on some of the beginning settlements go, I know in my case I was the same way my knowledge on native American life had no depth to
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A great nation cannot be made possible without strong core values it is built upon. Strong core values create a basis of a country’s aspirations and morals. The founding fathers of the United States of America (US) established this country to be a model nation by exemplifying their tenets: liberty, equality, and justice. However, that cannot always be seen. One has seen America utilize internment camps, atomic bombs, McCarthyism, and segregation throughout history. Not to mention, the misogyny and
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martial arts as a young child and began schooling after watching her brother and his tutor. Qiu Jin became an accomplished writer, talented martial artist, and a leader of a revolutionary army. In the 20th century she was recognized as a national heroine who redefined what it meant to be a woman in China. At the beginning of the movie we see Qiu Jin trying to take the role as a traditional woman in China. You see her going through an arranged marriage, to a wealthy man and came from a religious family
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Raisin in The Sun” “A Raisin in the Sun,” is a play about an African American family living in poverty, struggling to be better and do better in life. The speaker lets the audience knows that values and morals has to be instilled, trust has to be built to make a strong foundation for your family. With anticipation of Lena receiving the insurance check from the death of her late husband, everyone has their own views on what should be done with the monies. While mama wants to fulfill her dream of
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in history and recall the Ancient Egyptian civilization, a huge fountain of knowledge, culture and religion for everything there is today. What comes in mind first when we hear: Egypt? Pyramids, Pharaos and instantly slaves. They were the ones who had built the pyramids, the great libraries of Alexandria and they were the country’s strongest workforce. Until the day Egypt crumbled under the might of the Roman Empire it was the most powerful and influential civilization on earth. Here I turn to Rome
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What is the American Dream, and who are the people most likely to pursue its often elusive fulfillment? Indeed, the American Dream has come to represent the attainment of a combination of goals that are specific to each individual. While one person might consider a purchased home with a white picket fence his or her version of the American Dream, another might regard it as the financial ability to start and operate his own business. Clearly, there is no cut and dried definition of the American Dream
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organization all throughout the United States. The YMCA was founded in 1844 by George Williams in London. Anyone who worked at the Y at the time was a volunteer. The mission was to bring the Christian faith into the lives of young men and bring the community together. The YMCA has since become an organization that represents the true qualities of leadership. The YMCA has built their legacy over 160 years. “Today, the Y engages more than 10,000 neighborhoods across the U.S. As the nation’s
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widely believed to have discovered the New World, he was not the first to discover the Americas. The Native Americans were the first to discover these lands and make them their home. The early Native Americans came to the Americas from Asia during an ice age that caused sea levels to drop enough to uncover a land bridge across the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. They continued to migrate to America by sea even after global temperatures warmed and sea levels rose to cover the land bridge
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