Why did America experience a boom in the 1920s? In this essay‚ I will be discussing why America experienced a boom. I will be looking at many different reasons of the American boom: Natural recourses‚ The first world war‚ new technology‚ confidence‚ credit‚ mass marketing‚ mass production and policies of republican presidents. These triggers of the American boom helped produce America as we now know it. The main reason why America experienced a boom was the positive effects of the economy people
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Why did slavery in America last so long? Slavery was legal in America from 1619 to 1865‚ that’s almost 250 years. The slaves were always treated with no respect and they had no rights. To this day‚ slavery is America’s dark background and it is an embarrassment‚ but why did it go on for so long? People didn’t revolt‚ because of the conditioning and the fear of resistance. Life as a slave was terrible‚ cruel‚ and depressing. Being a slave was a curse‚ they had to do whatever their master wanted them
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The prohibition on cannabis has 3 sides in the argument. You have the more known two sides of the issue; you have the view of it should stay illegal and it should have harsh laws. Then you have the view that there are no major life-threatening side effects from the drug and the prohibition of cannabis is long overdue. Then there is the side from people who don’t care either way. The point I want to make is there are many less talked about benefits from cannabis oil and smoking cannabis
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This is the story of how America was thrust into World War One. Some believe that this was America’s fault for instigating the attacks of the ships by Germany by trading with other allied countries and giving financial assistance to them. Germany’s trust was also broken when America betrayed them in the Allied Blockade of Germany. Some believe that it was Germany’s fault and joining war was the only way that America could stay safe and that going to war was a decision that was forced upon them. (Source
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Why did the debate on climate change become so polarized? Players My first focus on the topic climate change is that climate change is considered to be global problem affecting the whole world. It is not one nation private matter nor another nation lonesome burden. To be able to discuss the polarization on the debate on climate change we need to be able to identify the “players” involved. In simplification‚ science debate with capitalism and social consensus over the real effects of climate change
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their constitutional right to drink alcohol. The prohibition of alcohol was started with the intent to reduce crime‚ solve social problems‚ reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses‚ and help improve health in America but that’s not quite what happened. Americans are notorious for fighting for what they want. The outcome of the experiment clearly showed that the idea was a disappointing failure on all terms. In the end‚ the prohibition turned out to cause permanent damage to society
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America entered the First World War on January 31‚ 1917‚ when the German military leaders had brand new submarine weapons in the Atlantic. This became a problem for the United States because they had planned to send vessels for France‚ Italy or Britain‚ but this would have destroyed the plan by sinking them. Woodrow Wilson was not angry but sad about this‚ because he knew this meant war‚ and he did not like wars‚ in fact he disliked them. The Germans called out the United States in a newspaper by
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years with over 30 countries fighting‚ including America (History.com Staff). “World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money‚ damaged more property‚ killed more people‚ and caused more far-reaching changes than any other war in history” (Lehnardt). Over two years’ worth of conflicts between the Allies and the Axis Powers‚ Japan bombing an American military base caused America to enter WWII‚ leaving the woman in America to take care of the country while the men were
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why the mind matters in christianity Paul wrote to the Philippians that their mind should be the same as that of Christ Jesus (Phil 2:5). Keeping holy mind is essential for Christian life. On the contrary‚ troubling mind is the biggest enemy of Christian faith. It makes believers turns their gaze to the world instead of the kingdom of God. Therefore‚ Christians need to guard their mind. First‚ the mind is important in Christianity because of various factors in the world which
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These “‘speakeasies’ thrived as long as Prohibition was the law of the land‚” as stated by author Larry Clark. Most rebellious acts would not be considered without a law or rule preventing that act from happening. While many critics argue that there was some progress with prohibition such as the 30% drop in alcohol consumption‚ there will still some failures. According to Thornton’s analysis of the era‚ a “New Jersey businessman claimed
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