Louis extended his generosity to helping the victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing victims by donating a total of $65‚200 that he earned from a fight. Within a period of fewer than three months after the donation‚ he donated $45‚882 that he had also earned from a fight to the Army Relief Fund. When the war was over‚ Louis was determined to retire from professional boxing having to save enough money in the bank and with his dignity still high. However‚ he lost both. The reason behind this was that Louis
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Britain‚ Germany‚Spain‚ Italy‚ and Portugal. British Imperialism actually had a good impact in Asia. As Imperialism had become common throughout all of Asian modernization came along with it as a pair. Though as Asian as a whole there were negative affects many advancements had made up for it such as ‚ technology advancements the establishments of
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To what extent were Africans sell “their own people” into slavery? Certainly African didn’t sell “their own people”‚ it is understood that the Ashanti sold rivals and prisoners from previous wars‚ and rival tribes (Fante). The rationale of the trading of these slave or prisoners is quite logical from their stand point. Firstly‚ these people‚ slaves or prisoners weren’t Ashanti people‚ consequently they were not “their own people”. Because people live on the same land does not mean
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the Industrial Revolution brought many technological advances for Great Britain‚ it did also have somewhat of a negative impact: Working in a factory was not something that people wanted to do. The factories were creating tons of pollution‚ they were dirty‚ unsafe‚ the workers had long work hours‚ and never had any brakes.To top it off‚ the workers weren’t paid well at all. The Industrial
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shock to the people. People of Texas did not know what to do in a time like this and also did not want to accept the fact that this was
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shows how people were worried that Germany would try and attack again‚ so they limited their power in hopes of stopping them from using military force. President Wilson also called for Germany to give up its land in his Fourteen Points‚ which we know was the base of what the Treaty of Versailles was created on. He states‚ “All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored…” (Wilson). This shows that everyone wanted to weaken Germany and prevent another war. It also shows how important
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whites. Unsanitary conditions‚ inadequate nutrition and unrelenting hard labor made slaves highly susceptible to disease. Illnesses were generally not treated adequately‚ and slaves were often forced to work even when sick. (“Conditions of Antebellum Slavery”) The slaves lived in unsanitary conditions‚ so they were more susceptible to diseases. Although whites and blacks shared many of the same diseases in the nineteenth century‚ the disease-ridden surroundings were due to the lack of cleanliness provided
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learn about teaching. She didn’t want to be a teacher‚ but she did want to be a photographer. She ended up working in a photography studio of Arnold
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The Great Depression had a great economic effect upon the nation‚ to which the existing laws and government were unprepared for. The government tried to help‚ but due to “rapidly declining government funds‚ state and local governments relied largely on relief administered by religious and charity organizations” (Downs). In an economic crisis‚ governments at the state and local levels were rendered incapable of offering much aid‚ without laws for the situation at hand. The Depression’s effect upon
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Between 1860 and 1900 the United States treated Chinese workers very poorly and did not pay them much for their services they provided in the jobs that were open to them. This period of time is also when the Gilded Age was occurring in America‚ so all Chinese workers in the U.S. were most likely working in a gold mine or on railroads‚ making it easy to classify that they were all be treated the same nationwide. By November‚ 1865‚ there were already approximately 4‚000 mostly Chinese men working on
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