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    industrial strategies and the concern of the economic impacts just as it was treated during the 1930s-1950s across Europe. During the 1930s it was found that temperatures were increasing since the early 19th-century as well as the shrinkage of Artic ice. Guy Stewart Callendar‚ a power plant engineer‚ found the first evidence of increasing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. He believed that mankind was responsible for carbon dioxide emissions raising global temperature. He continued to observe

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    The League Of Nations Was A Great Force For Peace In The 1920’s In this essay‚ I am going to look at the successes and failures of the League of Nations (LofN) in its struggle for peace throughout the 1920’s. The LofN was the ‘brain child’ of American president Woodrow Wilson. The four other main powers (Britain‚ France‚ Japan and Italy) joined along with approximately 60 other countries from around the world. The U.S.A then abandoned its ‘child’ as to social and economic unrest led to a more isolationist

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    Great Depression The early 1920’s was first known as the roaring twenties. Everything in America seemed to be going great. There was new inventions‚ more factories and industrialization! People were using credit‚ stock prices were rising it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. That was until the late 1920’s and everything started to slowly fall apart and then the economy all fell all at once. Americans all had smiles on their faces except for farmers. Farmers had purchased land when the war was

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    The Great Depression was a huge piece of our history here in the United States. It was a time of hope‚ struggle‚ and poverty. Some of the vital factors that contributed to the formation of the Great Depression include the rapid purchasing of stocks and the stock market crash‚ weak banking structure‚ and the care free spending among wealthy Americans. The Depression was not at all the outcome of one problem‚ rather multiple problems. Before the economy spiraled downwards it was in great shape

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    The 1930s was a miserable decade. During this time‚ dust storms swept the nation‚ which were both destructive‚ and massive. Over farming made the soil very poor. American citizens migrated to California in the hundreds of thousands. In short‚ over farming led to gargantuan dust storms causing the dust bowl‚ forcing the development of new farming techniques‚ and government programs. In fact‚ dust storms got so bad‚ life in the thousands were dying from dust pneumonia and suffocation (The Dust Bowl

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    Depression-Era Entertainment: The Dance Marathon Kamarie Fernandes With the recent development of reality television providing the viewer-ship of contests across the globe‚ people are able to watch others suffer intense physical and mental games in order to be considered the best‚ the smartest‚ the strongest‚ the most talented‚ and so forth‚ in order to win a large cash prize along with short-lived international fame. Today’s “me-era” entertainment is known as reality television. In contrast

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    Kids Coping with Crisis: Children Throughout The Great Depression Starving and desperate‚ ranging from eight to eighteen; children‚ spread from coast to coast with one common goal in mind-to survive. The 1929 crash of the stock market left families across the country confused and chaotic. Through personal diary entries dating from the 1930s and illustrious flashback’s detailing life for children during the Great Depression‚ it is evident‚ through their different backgrounds their need and hope to

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    during the 1930s. He is one of the world ’s most known and hated leader. Hitler is called mad. His men were cultivated‚ educated‚ learned men. Germany wasn ’t a backward country‚ preyed on by ignorance‚ but one of the most advanced nations in the world. Hitler ’s program was one for evil and destruction and yet the majority of the people in Germany accepted it. Time has not dimmed the terms storm troops‚ gas chambers‚ death camps ‚ and holocaust. On the morning of September 15 1930‚ early editions

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    The Great Depression was the most severe worldwide economic depression. It lasted ten years until it was over but during those ten years there was a lot of pain and suffering. Millions of people lost their jobs and couldn’t care for there children. It affected many countries including America. Many businesses went bankrupt. It was just chaos! It all started on October 29‚ 1929 or as we now call it “Black Tuesday” when stock market prices dropped drastically. Why did they plummet? Well it happened

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    There were many challenges for Americans in the 1930s to the mid 1940’s. Most notably‚ a decade of depression and the confrontation of war; the deadliest war in history. When World War II ended in September of 1945‚ America emerged as the most powerful nation in the world. American society transformed; the population shifted to the suburbs‚ the G.I. Bill was created to benefit (most) WWII veterans‚ and consumerism played many effects on society. By 1920‚ over fifty-four million American’s were

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