groupings of high enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity‚ most commonly for their own profit. Seemingly‚ the highest rate of criminal violence was partaken in the 1920’s. With the prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression. People turned more and more too criminal activity‚ organized criminals such as the American mobsters and other crime organizations grew vigorously. Most common people would look at these organization leaders as heroes. Criminals
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20th Century Innovations’ Impact On Our Country’s Culture Two innovations during the 20th century that affected the cultural life of the country are the movie and advertising industries‚ both of which continue to be influential to today’s society; they defined what it meant to be an American based on the mass media’s opinion. The movie industry greatly influenced society during the 20th century‚ and continues to do so today. When Americans watched motion pictures back in the early part
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How did the sequence of events shape World War 2? September 18‚ 1931 Japan invades Manchuria. It started the war. July 7‚ 1937 Japan invades China‚ initiating World War II in the Pacific. It got the pacific in the mix. September 1‚ 1939 Germany invades Poland‚ initiating World War II in Europe.It got the war spreading. December 7‚ 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.It got the U.S attention. April 30‚ 1945 Hitler commits suicide.They lost their leader. May 9‚ 1945 Germany surrenders to the Soviets. August
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The Sino-Soviet Split occurred during the 1950s and 60s between Chinese leader Mao Zedong and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Divisions begin at the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party when Khrushchev denounced Stalin. Combined with the peaceful coexistence policy between the United States and Khrushchev‚ the split between the foreign leaders deepened until 1959 when Russian experts withdrew from China. In 1969‚ the border dispute marked the official Sino-Soviet Split. The Sino-Soviet Split
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World War 2 was one of the biggest wars in history. Japan started WW2 for the US by attacking Pearl Harbor. There was many important battles that the United States had win in order to not lose the war. Two were Midway and D-Day. The Holocaust was a big issue in the war‚ which was started by Adolf Hitler. Japan got what they deserved by making the United States drop two atomic bombs. Pearl Harbor was an attack on a US naval base by Japan. On the morning of December 7‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese fighter
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it difficult to keep track of day to day events. This changed though in 1754 when the seven years’ war started. The seven years’ war was technically a world war because it spanned throughout many British and French colonies over multiple continents. Part of the war took place in North America over where the French territory ended and the British territory started. The British eventually won the war‚ but it was very costly. After the British won colonist expected to be rewarded with all of the French
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generations. In the timespan of 1820 through 1929‚ oppressed by economic hardship‚ persecution‚ and the great social and political discrimination of the nineteenth century‚ increasingly steady flows of Jews and Hispanics journeyed to America and the massive amounts of immigrant counts spiked near the beginning of the twentieth century. Due to Industrialization‚ overpopulation‚ and urbanization‚ millions of immigrants
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note‚ was Hitler’s often said that Jews everywhere were taking part in an international conspiracy to get world domination. In a speech given by Hitler on January 30‚ 1939‚ celebrating the sixth anniversary of his rule in Germany‚ Hitler added a severe new warning: "If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war‚ then the
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Starting around 1870 imperialism amplified and is a major cause of World War I due to the actions and emotions associated with imperialism. Imperialism was the practice of one or more nations trying to control another nation or people‚ thus reducing or even eliminating their sovereignty. While not all the Great Powers and Serbia hold equal blame‚ each country felt or stimulated imperialism from 1870 until 1914. To start‚ England believed that the sun never sets on her empire‚ thus she believed in
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The 20th century was a time period lasting from January 1‚ 1901 all the way through December 31‚ 2000. Commonly known as the modern era‚ this century was nothing less than contemporary in every aspect throughout the world. Art in itself has always been a widely known and incorporated feature around the world since the beginning of time. As centuries came and went‚ eras within art and certain portrayals were heavily integrated and became best known as being used within certain centuries. From visual
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