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    How Media Affects People

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    Television and Video Games have or haven’t had an influence in our lives My opinion on this topic argues both sides‚ I have opinions for either side of the debate. I think that games are good to keep peoples mind working and a lot of them improve the way people think. Games can stimulate your mind and thought process. As long as games do not take over your life they are perfectly fine. Young children have to be guided no matter what it is that they do. Teaching children to manage time wisely will

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    moved to Europe‚ where he wrote “The Great Gatsby”. Fitzgerald wrote about characters that he could live through. Many of his works had to deal with men and women relationships. Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s writing was a reflection of what was happening in that time period‚ “The Roaring Twenties”‚ because he was able to capture the mood of the 20s’ and it also reflected greatly on the the American dream. When Fitzgerald moved to Europe he wrote his book‚The Great Gatsby‚ which is a

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    The Great Depression was a horrible thing people went through in the 30`s. people starved‚ it put at least 12 million people out of work‚ and put nearly 60% of Americans into poverty. However‚ the Great Depression forever changed how people lived for over 40 years. One of the main things it prompted was penny pinchers. The Great Depression put at least 12 million people out of work‚ and put nearly 60% of Americans into poverty. When the stock market crashed‚ many people could not get the money out

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    The Great Depression was a time period of suffering for many Americans that began after the stock market crashed in 1929. During this time the unemployment rate increased for both white Americans of 25% as well as for people of African American descent of up to 50%. Farms began to fail during this time period because there was overproduction from WWI as well as the Dust Bowl. Since farms couldn’t be used during the Dust Bowl many lost their farms and homes‚ which left them homeless as well as unemployed

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    some of these businesses which took a massive toll on the economy. Taxes rise at the same time values drop‚ this caused the inability to pay bills and common necessities. Many who lived comfortably prior‚ went into a deep state of poverty. The great depression had begun. Franklin D Roosevelt helped the government’s

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    airplane effected ordinary people in both positive and negative ways. The first public plane service only took one passenger at a time. It cost $5 for a one way trip across Tampa Bay which was called St. Petersburg. They provided the public with two trips per day and for four months. Compared with the two hour boat road the twenty three minute plane ride was much preferred by travelers. This being an exception commercial aviation was not very common before world war one as most people were scared of flying

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    The Great Wall of China known as an amazing tourist site. Most people see the wall to protect China But did it really? The Great Wall only really helped ancient China for a few years and now just not not helping no one. It both helped and hurt China. The benefits didn’t outweigh the costs because the wall cots over $360 billion dollars. China already had enough soldiers‚ and killed millions of people. To begin too many people died building the Great Wall of China. Chinese citizens took too many

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    decelerate the Great Depression. However‚ regulation of the stock market‚ insured banking systems‚ and limits on agricultural production could have been the catalyst the country needed to cause the depression to reduce into a recession or put a stop to it all together. The stock market during the depression had free range to drop as low as it potentially could. If there had been some sort of limitation system than it would have saved people a lot of money. Before the crash people were just looking

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    How Did It Affect Italy

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    ancient architecture‚ culture‚ food‚ and wine. This country has been known for its history which is one of the most important cultural and social developments in the Mediterranean area. The first group of people who lived in Italy were called the Etruscans. Then‚ the Greeks were the second group of people who inhabited this country before the Roman Empire started. The empire ruled over Italy for many centuries. After this‚ Italy experienced the Dark and Middle ages‚ they didn’t have an empire who

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    The Great Depression

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    like many other we lost it when the stock market fell. Just when things were looking good‚ it all just took a turn for the worst. Four year old girl: Mommy made me leave all my toys‚ because she said it wouldn’t be enough room in the car. But she did say I could put on my best church dress‚ my favorite coat and my patent leather shoes I got from grandma for Christmas. When I asked daddy if we were coming back all he could say was no and then I would hear him mutter some bad words. Now we are stuck

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