The Great Depression had a drastic impact on families‚ women and children. Due to the loss of savings during this economic crisis‚ families lost their homes or were evicted from their apartments‚ destabilizing countless lives. This led to multiple families being forced to share small living spaces and the number of homeless to significantly escalate. Disorganizing the flow of family life‚ the marriage rate sharply declined as well as the divorce rate with a lot of citizens unable to pay for both
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The Cold War is considered to be a significant event in Modern World History. The Cold War dominated a rather long time period: between 1945‚ or the end of the World War II‚ and 1990‚ the collapse of the USSR. This period involved the relationships between two superpowers: the United States and the USSR. The Cold War began in Eastern Europe and Germany‚ according to the researchers of the Institute of Contemporary British History (Warner 15). Researchers state that “the USSR and the United States
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The Industrial Revolution had a huge lasting effect on our world. We’ve benefited from it in several ways. The Industrial revolution has made the way we live today much easier. The Industrial revolution began in Britain during the late 1700’s. By the1800s it had spread to other parts in Europe and to North America.Due to this we now have fuel efficient cars‚ cell phones‚ trains‚ and many other things we don’t realize. The Industrial revolution has also affected the way we live and act. We may not
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The invention of the automobile has brought more positive and negative effects than any other invention throughout transportation history. As the most widely accepted method of transportation‚ cars have changed the way people live all over the world. They have affected all aspects of society such as family life‚ the economy‚ and even the environment. The advancement of automobiles over time has directly affected the advancement of society as a whole. Over the generations automobiles have influenced
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wouldnt of had the work force needed to produce the goods they needed to survive. Enslaving Africans had many causes and effects in the Atlantic world that greatly affected early America and Africa. African slaves weren’t the first people to be enslaved in the new world. They started with Native Americans forcing them to work on their plantations like surfs in the feudal system. Natives had some sort of rights while Africans had none. When Natives started dying because of the diseases brought over
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the plague broke out‚ many people did not understand what the source of the plague was so they blamed it on people. In Germany and other parts of Europe blamed the Jews by saying they had poisoned the water (“Sin”). The Jews were arrested and they were put to death by being burned. For the next several centuries the Jews were treated harshly and the plague is one reason why. Another group‚ known as the Flagellants‚ believed that the plague was from God because of how sinful mankind was (“Sin”). They
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What were the main social effects of the Atlantic slave trade and how is it affecting America now? The Main social effects of the slave led to segregation‚ racism‚ and stereotyping‚ It is affecting America because black people have less education‚ they are treated differently and get less pay. Topic Sentence: In the late 1400s the Transatlantic slave trade was started by the Portuguese but it really didn’t expand until the late 1500s when Sir Francis Drake started to journey with John Hawkins his
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Panic swept the nation as millions lose their jobs. Fathers‚ begging for scraps to give their small children. The wealthy class soon became beggars in the blink of an eye. Everything was havoc until Roosevelt was elected. The New Deal arose and introduced many types of social and economic reforms to America. However‚ many would disagree stating‚ “these relief policies actually put a greater burden on the backs of the poorest in society” (Powell 2). The New Deal had a positive effect because it helped
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A revolution is the bringing of a new start. Like many other revolutions throughout the years‚ the American Revolution is the perfect example of the bringing of new changes. Effects a revolution can have not only on the people‚ but society as well‚ can be detrimental. The British government went into debt after helping the US fight for land. In order to pay for its significant expenditures during the Revolution‚ The Continental Congress had no choose but to accept loans from France. Other effects
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While Asia was not as severely affected as Africa nor affected comparably to Europe‚ the region was touched in its own unique fashion. Asia was directly influenced economically and politically. Writers often wrote to their audience in Europe and their own people with the purpose of informing the population about the negative effects Europeans have on our region or nation. Europeans impacted nations economically through the process of economic extraction and interrupting the native’s natural system
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