However‚ the main cause of the economy’s failure was the stock market crash of 1929. As seen on the graph in Document 2‚ once the stock market crashed‚ the unemployment rate skyrocketed. Banks and businesses went out of business‚ and millions of people lost their jobs. Before the crash‚ below 2 million people were unemployed. Four years later‚ in 1933‚ over 12 million were unemployed. Banks completely failed‚ losing all of their money.
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were unhappy with the way England practiced Christianity so they moved to New England for a fresh start. However‚ once it was the 17th century‚ witchcraft became more well known and people became more worried about their well being. There were three causes to this panic: people were afraid of being accused so they accused others‚ girls who were bored and messing around‚ and Western Salem Village’s loss of political influence. It was June 10‚ 1692 when the first “witch” would be accused and executed
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England settlers. The causes of the famous outbreak of witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts are rooted in social‚ economic‚ and political aspects of the late 17th century Salem community. Early New Englanders were unable to accept the increase in diversity and the break in tradition that occurred between generations. This‚ in addition to various unappealing events which occurred throughout the late 1600s‚ created tensions within the New England community. Such tensions were the cause of the prevalent
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The Texas Revolution happened on account of an advancement of occasions that started some time before the primary shots discharged at the Battle of Gonzales. In the mid year of 1820 a 59 year-old Missourian named Moses Austin approached the Spanish Authorities for an sociable land tract which he needed to use to pull in American Pioneers. To many’s surprise in mid 1821‚ the Spanish government gave him consent to settle 300 families. Spain had invited Americans to assist build up the land and to give
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The Industrial Revolution also had an impact on human health and accelerated global warming (Rubenstein‚ 2012). Although the Earth goes through natural hot and cold phases‚ environmentalists and climate scientists have proven that within the past 50 years‚ the Earth’s overall
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Britain and Germany that fueled the arms race. Because of nationalism‚ the tensions between these countries increased‚ and eventually they caused the European nations to commit so enthusiastically to the war. Although nationalism wasn’t the sole cause of World War I‚ it was the most impactful one‚ and it ultimately led to the enormous global conflict that was the
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British’s forceful treatment caused the Americans to revolt because of things like acts being passed without proper representation. This made colonist furious and later led to the American Revolution. The Sugar Act was one of the reasons Americans started to resist Britain and made way for the American Revolution. Britain’s parliament realized that the colonies were making great profit off of selling rum. Sugar was needed in order to make rum. By passing the Sugar Act‚ it would force the
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Green IT For Good Corporation (What‚ Why‚ and How) Rebecca Wulankayes (1240002643) What? Green Information Technology (IT) has become an important topic in IT management research and practice in the last years due to economic opportunities and increasing pressure from stakeholders according to several researchers. Although it has been a common topic‚ the understanding of the coverage and the scope is still missing. Some researcher also prefer the term of “Green IS”. Watson et al. (2010)
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desire for independence for all Americans. This desire was the main factor in the birth of the American Revolutionary War‚ and subsequently the United States of America. The American Revolution officially began on April 19th of 1775‚ and officially ended on September 3‚ 1783. What really kicked off the Revolution were skirmishes between British troops and Colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord. As mentioned before‚ Attempts by the British government to raise revenue by
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What is green building? As the global climate warming‚ more and more people focus on building energy efficiency. There is more awareness that CO2 produced by building energy use is the main source of climate warming. Energy-saving buildings become inevitable trend of development‚ the green building also arises in time. Green building can be define as to the construction of the whole life cycle‚ for maximize resource conservation (epa.gov‚ 19/12/2012). It includes energy saving‚ land saving‚ water
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