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    to an economy‚ because of all of the components that go into making a car. Mass production meant that a factory commonly specialized in one‚ or a small amount of parts. Many factories would need to be set up to facilitate all of the parts that go into the vehicles. This meant untold thousands of jobs‚ and a trickledown effect of increased jobs for supply chain vendors. That‚ and the massive amounts of money spent on infrastructure to support these vehicles led to an increase in the economy. As long

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    descended approximately 30%‚ and real per capita disposable income plunged another 40%. About 12 million people became jobless‚ and almost 85‚ 000 businesses around the globe fizzled up‚ and thousands of people became homeless. By 1993 the economy started to regain itself‚ but there was a great reduction in business activity. In 1937 there was a

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    The Great Depression‚ when most hear those two words they think off the dust bowl and the collapse of the stack market ending a time of prosperity in the world. But for the farmers of America they had been suffering from low crop prices since the end of the First World War. Before the war the us was basically substantial farms that produced only what they needed and sold the extra for cash. During the war most of the farms in Europe couldn’t produce food. President Herbert Hoovers administration

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    war for independence against England‚ the new country had to find a way to get its own money. Before America had separated‚ the crops grown had been sent to England where it was sold. The money used to go to England‚ but now that America was free‚ who would the money go to? The years after America first became independent were called the Industrial Revolution which was a period of major industrialization. The Industrial Revolution changed the American economy by bringing most of the wealth to plantation

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    Index Index 1 Introduction 2 Biography 3 The Tudors dynasty. 3 Economy and society 4 Financial policy 5 The administration of justice 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction. The Tudors: the birth of the nation state. The new monarchy. The Century of Tudor rule (1485-1603) is often thought of as a most glorious period in English history. Henry VII built the foundations of a wealthy nation state and a powerful monarchy. His son‚ Henry VIII‚ kept a magnificent

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    In the years leading up to the Civil War‚ the United States began to undergo significant changes‚ changes that would eventually lead to the secession of southern states‚ creation of the confederacy and the beginning of the Civil War. During these years‚ the nation was in the midst of a transformation from an underdeveloped nation of farmers and frontiersmen into an urbanized economic powerhouse. As the industrialized North and the agricultural South grew apart‚ acute differences in political‚ economic

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    lack of education‚ and the style of government‚ completely outweigh the positive components of mass production and new ways of transportation. The effects of the working and living conditions‚ lack of education‚ and pollution‚ affected the society socially. Then‚ due to the lack of involvement of the government within businesses‚ the Industrial Revolution went on to affect those societies involved politically as well. One of the only positive impacts that the Industrial Revolution truly had were through

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    America’s industrialization is to thanks for that. American Industrialization helped boosted America to the top by furthering the production and development of machinery. People also had the same effect on the Industrialization. People also had the same effect on the Industrialization. Without such a boom in industrialization in the past‚ America wouldn’t be a high power in the world. In the late years of 1750-1850‚ students and successful scholars in the fields of history‚ economics‚ technology‚ and

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    that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The new president acted to create his ’New Deal’‚ a set of social liberal programs which attempted to combat the effects of the Great Depression on the American economy and people. The Depression‚ which had resulted from the Wall Street Crash four years prior‚ was the worst economic crisis in American history. The Deal aimed to cover three areas: Relief‚ Recovery and Reform‚ and to create a new relationship between the federal government and the American

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    Industrialization produced a negative impact on society.The people in the United States industry went through a hard time working and earning money in the early 1900’s. There are 3 out of many reasons why people had a rough time‚ for example poor working conditions‚ lack of sanitation‚ and child labor. These reasons show a lot about what people are going through in the industry. The first reason is poor working conditions. Working conditions are good for bosses but bad for employes. The owners made

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