goods which were cheaper and better which made the lives of the American people easier and better. These came as a result of developments in technology. Products like radios were sold and in 1920 the USA’s first radio station ‘KDKA’ was created and by 1930 40% of all homes in the USA had a radio set. This highlights how important products like the radio were to the American people and with such a large amount of people buying the products the economy would grow significantly. Hire Purchase contributed
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Before the 1960’s‚ children attended segregated schools. Most everything was segregated before the 1960’s. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others have staged demonstrations and protests of racism and segregation. After the Civil War‚ many slaves were free and the south was in ruins. There was no one to enforce the 14th Amendment in the South. The laws and society they were created in the south were called “Jim Crow”. The reason they were called this was that white minstrels would paint their faces
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The segregation and discrimination of African Americans in public education has been occurring in America for many generations. I am going to start in the colonial era and work up to present day education in a comparison of the white vs black education opportunities throughout history. America has a rich history of discriminating against minorities‚ despite the fact that America was founded by immigrants and claims to provide the promise of life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. During the
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The Rise of Industry In America By the 1900’s the United States had emerged as the leading industrial power in the world‚ with a manufacturing output that exceeded Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. There were many factors that helped to accomplish the rise of America. Those factors include natural resources‚ immigration‚ new inventions etc. On May 1862‚ the Homestead Act let any American‚ including freed slaves‚ to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of land. In exchange‚ homesteaders paid
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Residential segregation is a fact of American life and society. While some say discrimination is declining‚ it continues to show in nearly all aspects of the housing industry in the United States. While The Fair Housing Act should have been a monumental step in civil rights‚ it has not been supported and has not been able to show efforts to promote and obtain equality in the housing industry. This paper will look at the issues of The Fair Housing Act and the current state of housing segregation‚ evaluate
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Unfair treatment between the rich and the poor played a huge part in not only The New York Draft Riot but also the Watts riot. Racism also a great deal had a deal in the tragedies that spread all throughout New York City and Los Angeles. New York Draft Riot is one of America’s most devastating riots. It began as a mild rally against the national draft‚ but turn took a worse as it focused more on the racial and social struggle. In the text‚ The Gangs Of New York‚ Asbury gives a very in depth description
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Cost Segregation is the use of accelerated depreciation methods on certain assets in order to increase depreciation expense‚ which lowers taxable income and therefor increases cash flow. For this cost recovery system‚ it is procedure to classify components of property‚ for example a building‚ into different categories‚ and depreciate them accordingly. According to the Journal of Accountancy (journalofaccountancy.com‚ cost segregation begins at the time of purchase. At this time‚ the client who
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The Great Depression was an economic downfall that was during the 1930’s. In the previous decade people lived in prosperity and believed it would continue. Many thing accounted for the overall cause of the Great Depression‚ like over optimism and buying on margin‚ but the main cause was speculation. Speculation is investment in stocks in the hope to gain‚ but with the risk of loss. In the 1920’s the stock market was booming.The way of buying a portion of a company became a way to make easy money
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must ask‚ however‚ is: “was America ever great?” To answer this question we must determine what greatness means. According to Merriam-Webster‚ the definition of greatness is “remarkable in degree‚ magnitude‚ or effectiveness.” If we can say that America was great at its founding in 1789‚ and we can also say that it was great in 1950‚ then how must we change our definition of greatness in order to account for the difference between the country at these two times? America was great at both of these
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Lynching 1930 From 1890 to 1930‚ The Tuskegee Institute recorded a total of 3384 cases‚ 612 whites and 2772 blacks. However‚ it is obvious that blacks were subjected more to lynching from 1900 to 1930 where there were only 265 cases of whites compared to 1859 cases of blacks. Lawrence Beitlers ’ iconic photo‚ Lynching 1930‚ showed the lynching of two young black men accused of raping a teenage white girl. This photo is a good representation of how different blacks were treated during the early
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