Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration‚ these only served to alleviate some of the problems but not end the depression. 1 Ronald Reis‚ The Great Depression and The New Deal (New York: Chelsea House‚ 2011)‚ 7. Quoted in Studs Terkel‚ Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression. (New York:
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(Terkel 79). An unfortunate consequence of Reagan ’s war was that it did not discriminate between medical marijuana and other drug usage‚ which showed a continued ignorance toward marijuana ’s possible benefits. In 1989‚ President Bush appointed a "drug czar" who suggested that if the war on drugs was stepped up‚ drug use could be cut in half. President Bush continued a full-fledged war on drugs that continues to this day. (Terkel 104). Now the major critics of marijuana
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Throughout history the lives of the people in the working class have not always been easy. People always work hard to earn money and support their families; however‚ people don’t always work in a suitable working area. The term “Blue Collar” is jobs that require manual labor from people. The problem with these kinds of jobs is that the places the people work in can be extremely unsanitary and may cause a bad working environment for the people in it. Blue collar work is also the work most people
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Mrs. Norton English 9 22 February 2008 FDR: The Greatest President Who was the greatest president of the United States? There have been many great presidents in the history of the U.S. Many presidents have led our country through very trying times. Some people believe Lincoln was the greatest president. However‚ President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led our country at times when a great leader was needed. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the greatest president of the United States because of his New
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Jazz by Ken Burns “JAZZ” is a documentary by Ken Burns released 2001 that focuses on the creation and development of jazz‚ America’s “greatest cultural achievement.” The first episodes entitled‚ “Gumbo‚ Beginnings to 1917” and “The Gift (1917-1924)‚ explain the early growth of jazz as it originates in New Orleans and its expands to Chicago and New York during the Jazz Age. In assessing the first two episodes of Ken Burns’ 2001 documentary‚ "JAZZ‚" this essay will explore the history of jazz‚
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“The care of human life and happiness‚ and not their destruction‚ is the first and only object of good government‚” Thomas Jefferson once said. The government is a precarious‚ but influential‚ part in the world today. Many believe that everything the government does should be implemented in order to keep structure in our daily lives. However‚ bureaucracy is not always right. The government can often prove it can not be credible‚ plausible‚ or dependable. For as long as democracy has been in place
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though his “[...] religion was like anybody’s else’s‚ except that [he] worshiped in the woods” (Terkel 166). While the four freedoms asserted freedom of worship was to be globally recognized‚ it appeared there was a narrow scale of what was acknowledged as acceptable. He reaffirmed the notion that other freedoms were denied as well‚ by writing “All I was doing is saying I refuse to murder people” (Terkel 171). While freedom from fear was a war aim‚ physical aggression was seen as somewhat of a necessity
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between humans and horses. Documents referring to the use of this extraordinary relationship in recovery processes date back until the old Greco-Roman times (Bachi‚ Terkel‚ Teichman‚ 2011). The assumption that human-animal bonds can have positive psychological effects for the person investing into such a relationship (Bachi‚ Terkel‚ Teichman‚ 2011) has led to the establishment of equine-assisted therapy‚ which is a form of psychotherapy. It makes use of the framework of attachment theory (Bowlby
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL‚ 1929-1939 THE CHAPTER IN PERSPECTIVE By the 1920s‚ the corporate industrial economy had grown for more than half a century. Along with its strengths‚ serious weaknesses developed. Few Americans noticed them because of the hot pursuit of material wealth. The consumer culture of the 1920s and a businessoriented government promoted the pursuit not only of money but of debt as well. When mass purchasing power could no longer sustain prosperity‚ the economy collapsed
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looked at prejudice from a psychological and sociological stand points. And Malcolm X tells the process of his independent learning of critical and creative thinking about racial problems in his essay‚ “Learning to Read”. Another essay authored by Studs Terkel‚ “C.P. Ellis”‚ provided Ellis’ story that offers a credible way of how he removed his prejudice. Both Malcolm X and C.P. Ellis are examples of what have been written in “Causes of Prejudice”‚ and the causes of prejudice can perfectly explain the
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