The Model T‚ the radio‚ the washing machine: all inventions of the 1920s. The ‘20s were the decade of the idealist‚ the entrepreneur‚ and the innovator. Inventions popularized in the 1920’s would re-shape the American way of life. According to the Model T Ford Club of America‚ Ford sold 1‚555‚454 Model Ts in 1919. The influence of the Model T can be seen in every aspect of American life. The mass production of the car led to the widespread use of the assembly line‚ an innovation that would streamline
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During the late nineteenth century Arctic exploration was a global obsession. Various nations devised intricate strategies to conquer one of the most treacherous landmarks. Among all the journeys at that time‚ none were as fascinating or as doomed as Sweden’s S.A. Andree’s mission to cross the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. On July 11‚ 1897‚ a large ceremony was held as Andree and two other crew members‚ Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg‚ took off with the legendary balloon called The Eagle
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the first slaves arrived in the 1600’s‚ small plantations and farms had sprung up across the thirteen colonies and beyond‚ especially in the southern colonies. The cheapest and easiest option turned out to be slavery‚ but what exactly nudged slavery to its height in the 1700’s? In spite of all the other factors that influenced slavery‚ the social‚ environmental‚ and economical circumstances encouraged slavery the most and brought it to where it was in the 1700’s. In the beginning‚ the majority of
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General The 50’s was the decade that gave us the still well known and well loved music genre of Rock’n’Roll. Other than Rock’n’Roll country music‚ traditional pop‚ and rhythm and blues were the main genres of the 50’s. Rock’n’Roll Bill Haley & His Comets‚ a group that was founded in 1952‚ were some of the first to play this specific genre In 1954 the Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” became the first song ever used for a movie’s soundtrack. Is believed to be a mix of rhythm‚ blues‚ and country
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‘Age of War’: will it end or endure? Starting from ancient ages the history of humanity is the history of wars. The biggest events in humanity evolution: prevalence of mankind in the world‚ foundation and collapse of states‚ empires and interstate alliances‚ the great scientific discoveries and etc. are marked with armed conflicts. As we know‚ throughout human history the most prominent personalities which left their imprint such as: Alexander the Great; Caesar; Napoleon and many others immortalized
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Europe‚ some moved there from America. The American writers felt that America was not a successful country because it was void of a cosmopolitan culture (Crunden). Cosmopolitan culture is a variety of backgrounds and culture (Crunden). Until World War l‚ American writers were expected to use rigid Victorian styles of the nineteenth century (Crunden). The solution to their problem‚ America’s lack of culture‚ was to pack up and go to Europe (Crunden). By going to Europe‚ they expected to find literary
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The 1880’s is around the time that businesses found that they could use advertising to coax people into buying their products (“American Advertising: A Brief History”‚ 2014‚ Paragraph 5). From then on businesses changed the advertising market into an abomination. Advertising has advanced so much that everywhere you turn you see an ad; even places like park benches. You can’t turn your computer on without seeing an advertisement for Microsoft or look at a quick video on YouTube without the annoying
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April 1982 Great Britain declared war on Argentina this became known as the Falklands War. The war happened when Argentina invaded the British owned South Atlantic colony of the Falkland Islands wrongly thinking that the islands belonged to them. Britain had ruled the island for more than 150 years and chose to fight and reclaim the islands and its people from the clutches of the bullying Argentines. Britain sent a full military task force 8000 miles to wage war and battle soon commenced. Argentina’s
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Johannes Kieding Honors English 200-CC1 Professor Dunning Fall 2008 Research paper Due: 12/18/08 Purity’s Shadow I am large. I contain multitudes. -Walt Whitman I wished the two girls to have some sign on their person as a warning to every young man that no evil eye might be cast upon them. What mark should the girls bear so as to sterilize the sinner’s eye? This question kept me awake for the night. -Gandhi As the green Earth darkens when turning away from the sun‚ so too the human soul forms
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America went through many social changes with the American Revolution and industrial revolution. During the 1920’s‚ the face of America began to change more into an urban society. Many differences between the rural and urban sides of America emerged. Historians consider the tensions of the 1920s as a backlash against the rising urban America‚ which turns out true. Rural people believed that the city lacked morals. The urban city dwellers lashed back saying that rural residents did not understand
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