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    Great Depression Dbq

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    The Great Depression in the United States brought an end to a long era of economic expansion and social progress which had been in full bloom since the 1890s (Mitchell 1947). There had been monetary recessions in 1907‚ 1913 and 1921‚ but these reversals were never severe enough or long enough to shake the deeply rooted confidence in the American economic system or to generate any widespread national discontent. Many history books tell of the depression of the ’30s; they often begin with the stock

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    Alexander Fleming Essay

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    Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology‚ immunology‚ and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mold Penicillium notatum in 1928‚ for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. In 1999‚ Time magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most

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    plotters like General Hinh‚ the destruction of the Binh Xuyen crime syndicate and the attack on the religious sects like the Cao Dai. In 1955 Diem inaugurated a widespread Denunciation Campaign which limited communist influence in the south. This proved successful as 90% of Vietminh cells in the South were destroyed or forced underground. The rigged referendum of 1955 saw Diem replace Emperor Bao Dai as Head of State and the creation of the Republic of Vietnam. Diem also decided to refuse the nationwide

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    banks are the banks in which atleast 51 % share is of the government. Public sector banks dominate commercial banking in India. The government of India entered commercial banking when it took over Imperial bank of India in 1955 and converted it into State Bank of India on 1 July‚ 1955. State Bank of India has 6 subsidiaries. These banks are collectively known as State Bank Group. In July‚ 1969‚ the government of India took an important step of nationalizing 14 banks. In April 1980‚ 6 more banks were

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    The son of a prosperous lawyer‚ Stevens attended Harvard as a non-degree special student‚ after which he moved to New York City and briefly worked as a journalist. He then attended New York Law School‚ graduating in 1903. On a trip back to Reading in 1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel (1886–1963‚ aka Elsie Moll)‚ a young woman who had worked as a saleswoman‚ milliner‚ and stenographer.[1] After a long courtship‚ he married her in 1909 over the objections of his parents‚ who considered her lower-class

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    Sigmund Freud

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    References: Corey‚ G. (2009). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. (8th ed.). Belmont‚ CA: Brooks/Cole. Gilman‚ S. S.‚ (Ed). (1982). Introducing psychoanalytical theory‚ New York‚ NY: Brunner/Mazel. Mullahy‚ P. (1955). Oedipus myth and complex. New York‚ NY: Grove Press. Noland‚ R. W. (1999). Sigmund Freud revisited. New York‚ NY: Twayne. Von Unwerth‚ M. F. (2005). Psychoanalysis. In M. C. Horowitz (Ed.)‚ New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Vol. 5‚ pp. 1951-1958)

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    Southern Christian Leadership Profile (SCLC) The SCLC has been around since 1955 with the Rosa Marks incident in Montgomery AL‚ and were the SCLC helped to set up the Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted just a little over one year from the date of the boycott. There have also been many other campaigns run by the SCLC which were things like the walk on Washington‚ citizenship schools so to teach African Americans to read and write so they can pass the voter registration literacy tests so they can

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    Affluence of the 1950s

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    AfTo what extent does the affluence of the 1950s account for the Conservative election victories of 1955 and 1959? Hannah van Teutem. The affluence of Britain in the 1950s was a large reason as to why the Conservative Party gained victory in both the 1955 and 1959 election. Nevertheless‚ there were other factors which also had an impact on the success of the party. For example‚ there were the different issues with the weaknesses and the strengths of the Conservative party. Following this‚ there

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    into a school house together with the tennis court in the P.C. ground. The Agusan National High School was converted into a City under the jurisdiction of Butuan City by the following authority. 1. Municipal Board Resolution No. 946 dated December 14‚ 1955 - Requesting the Provincial board of Agusan to transfer the high

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    Jan 2011 9 To what extent was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57? Indicative content The question is focused on the success of the civil rights movement in the years 1945-57‚ and the significance of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in contributing to that success. In considering the given factor‚ candidates may refer to the fact that the

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