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    Social Impact upon Society The social impact punishment has on society has been a great one especially‚ with the rising prison costs. Millions of dollars each year is spent to house and build prisons which impact society greatly. Punishment also affects economic institutions in society by removing people who bring money to families and the society. Another way punishment impacted society is by disrupting families. Punishment weakens family ties by removing men from families‚ reducing the supply

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    Lesson 4 Discussion Fremont High School “Jonathan Kozol” Jennifer R After reading Jonathan Kozol’s essay on Fremont High School in Los Angeles‚ I had to stop and rethink every detail I had just read describing the schools appearance‚ education offered and the overall sanitation of the school. I simply did not realize the school systems in the United States today were in such horrible conditions. While describing the school itself I learned it consist of roughly 5‚000 students. The perimeter

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    THE COMPARISON BETWEEN GREAT DEPRESSION AND RECENT RECESSION AND THEIR EFFECT IN CUSTOMER SERVICE The Great Depression had a great impact in the United States economy from 1929 to the late 1930s.Many people lost their jobs‚ savings‚ and homes. They were not sure about their future. Also‚ at the end of 2008‚ the United States and many developed countries faced a great recession than had paralleled the Great Depression‚ such as: excessive credit given to normal citizens (which was promoted by Federal

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    Progressive Era Through the Great Depression Tynisha Miller Assignment 2: History 105 Professor Tonya Simmons November 11‚ 2012 Identify at least two (2) major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The women’s suffrage is one of the major historical turning points in the Progressive Era. During this time there were two groups that pushed and furthered the cause of women’s suffrage. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)‚ founded in 1890‚ and the National

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    worse economic stance‚ people were losing their jobs and money‚ most were put in poverty.The Great Depression started in 1929 and end 1939. Will be talking about what happen in the Great Depression and how it had an affect on people and farmers‚ about the U.S economy and other nations. The action taken by the president dealing with this situation‚ How the Great Depression was resolved. The Great Depression started in 1929 and affect virtually every group of Americans. Many people birth rate went down

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    The Great Depression was the longest lasting and deepest economic downturn in the western industrialized world. When the stock market crashed and wall street went up in smoke‚ millions of investors were wiped out. Not only were investors and affected but also everyone who relied on them to keep their savings safe. People were turned against one another and corporations true colors were revealed. For many‚ materialism was diminished and the need to survive was the priority. The Great Depression changed

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    The Great Depression lasted was a major depression that started in 1929 and ended in 1939. When it first started‚ it was solely American. As time went on‚ with the United States in a depression‚ the other countries began to slowly fall into a depression as well‚ making the Great Depression a worldwide depression. The banks closed down‚ unemployment was at an all-time high‚ with states averaging 20 percent. Some states had very high unemployment‚ such as Ohio with a 50 percent unemployment rate and

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    very known professional photographer‚ during the Great Depression and even after that. She documented the struggle of migrant farm families. Lange photographed the pain and despair of women‚ men‚ and children living in dirty‚ miserable camps. She also photographed the unemployed men who wandered the streets of San Francisco (Migrants). Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist‚ best known for her Depression-era work for the FSA or the Farm Security Administration

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    the Great Depression on international peace in the period of 1929-36? The Great Depression has always been a subject of interest and criticism among historians. The aim of my Internal Assessment is to find out the extent of the impact that the Great Depression on international peace in the period of 1929-36. I will research my investigation in some of the many books published about the Great Depression‚ and also including various Internet sources. In B‚ I will describe the origins of the Great Depression

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    Final Draft Case Study on How the Great Depression Mentality Affected a Generation. The Great Depression was one of the worst hardships that the United states have ever been through. On October 29th‚ 1929‚ the Stock Market crashed causing the Great Depression. Throughout the 1930s‚ the Great Depression‚ caused massive unemployment‚ many banks to fail‚ and left a strong impression on the people who survived it. As the United States’ economy plummeted the government made a New Deal with

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