One governmental program‚ the War Production Board‚ had a great impact at the homefront. The War Production Board‚ composed of dollar-a-year men and labor managers‚ had contracts with big companies who subcontracted with smaller firms in a way that empowered big businesses to produce the goods necessary for the
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of isolation. In 1894‚ when Japan defeated China‚ China is eliminated from taking Korea. Then in 1905‚ Japan defeated from Russia‚ Japan made their dominant power in Korea. So‚ when in 1910‚ Korea becomes into a Japanese Colony. A self constructed group (later to be known as the main source of resistance to Japan rule in 1930 called KPG‚ Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai‚ in 1921. A man known as Kim II Sung was member of KPG‚ stood out and raised powers eventually. Korea was divided on the
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“Disney Dollars” 1930[->0] In the 1930s‚ in the depths of the Depression‚ a new kind of economics began to emerge from an unlikely source: a cartoon character named Mickey Mouse and his animated friends. Mickey was the creation of a young Los Angeles-based artist named Walt Disney. Along with partner Ub Iwerks‚ Disney had bounced around Hollywood and New York with some fits and starts‚ but no real major successes. Then in 1928 the two artists tried a new mouse character in place of an earlier
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longer to play out: emotional and psychological scars on those who survived‚ and the lingering fallout for a society that had many of its best and brightest torn from its midst forever. One of the most notorious of the time was the First World War. The Great War lasted four years‚ spanning from 1914 to 1918. The war was the result of a strong sense of militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the spark that started the war
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But historians do their best to piece the North America’s history together. The great civilization of North America were the Maya people. They all had their share of problems‚ but the impact on history is great. The Mayans had a religion which is still being explored. The Mayans religion consists of multiple gods and human sacrifice. Many years of deciphering the ancient Maya writing has shown that the Mayans were a people of faith. The Mayans prided themselves with the deep connection of the supernatural
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North American settlements was able to climb rapidly as the production of crops increased. However‚ slavery had a negative impact on the social aspects of the settlements. It caused the establishment of a hierarchy and created a gap between different groups of people. The period of slavery began in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought twenty Africans to Jamestown‚ Virginia. From there‚ the Africans were allocated to work for landowners‚ which later proved quite successful for mass production of crops. This
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between 1920 and 1929” (“The Roaring Twenties”). Music‚ material goods‚ and even styles of dance became part of mainstream culture and trends. The older generation was uncomfortable with the new culture‚ but for the new generation‚ it was paradise. When people think of the Twenties‚ they think about flappers. The ‘New Woman’ emerged in this decade. They could vote now‚ and held white collar jobs. The automobile became a must-have in all households (“The Roaring Twenties”). There was music everywhere and
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this time in England there was a group of Radicals who had a humanistic ideology towards Indians. They wanted India to be a part of the modern‚ progressive world of science. But the British government was cautious in undertaking rapid modernization of India. They feared a reaction among the people if too much interference took place with their religious beliefs and social customs. The English wanted perpetuation of their rule in India and not a reaction among the people. Hence‚ though they talked about
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American Slave‚ in the 1844 and was published spring of 1845. In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ he explained his life a slave and other encountered and of course everything he had witnessed while being a slave‚ also how slavery impacted the south. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland and like other slaves that were born into slavery were taken away from their mothers‚ “It is a common custom..‚ to part children from their mothers at a very early age
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The affect that the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany The affect the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany is truly eye opening and amazing. “Viewing Germany as the chief instigator of the conflict‚ the European Allied Powers decided to impose particularly stringent treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany.”1 After the treaty was in place Germany had experienced very difficult times economically and politically. From the reparations they owed to the land that was compensated‚ Germany struggled
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