the Post-WWI recession. Quickly‚ however‚ the U.S. and Canadian economies rebounded as returning soldiers re-entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce consumer goods. Urbanization reached a climax in the 1920s. For the first time‚ more Americans and Canadians lived in cities of 2500 or more people than in small towns or rural areas. However the nation was fascinated with its great metropolitan centers that contained about 15% of the population. New York and Chicago vied in
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http://www.aristo.com.hk 3 DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage ‘I wanted to do something for the Olympics‚’ (4) had been _____________ (5) _____________ ‘I thought I might (6) made some contacts (6) make _____________ during the Games‚ which would help me (7) (7) find/to find _____________ Zhang said. As he (4) is a security guard for years before he came to the capital‚ he tried (5) to look for the same kind of job. finding a good job after the Games were over.’
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English‚ the Official Language in the U. S. Michele Hoard ENG 122 Instructor Nelly Aguilar March 7‚ 2011 English‚ the Official Language in the U. S. The researcher stated that English is now the official language in the United States. There are documents that discuss the importance of an official language in America‚ which supports this statement. In this research there are further details about English as the Official Language in the U. S. and how language can unite people in society
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The Cold War and U. S. Diplomacy: The Truman Doctrine Ardell Simmons Professor Muhammad Sohna Politics 300 Friday‚ December 2‚ 2011 The Truman Doctrine: Contain the Expansion of Communism‚ Presumably Everywhere Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. According to Woolsey (2008)‚ “WWII had bled the British Forces to the bone. The Battle of Britain‚ and the huge casualties suffered in Africa and the Continent had made it impossible
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Computer technology during the 70’s 80’s and 90’s Computer technology took a great leap in development during the 70’s when schools‚ businesses‚ and universities began to use computers. The 70’s would have to be the beginning of the technology of computers‚ as we know it today. The personal computer became big in the 80’s. Now computers are being updated daily‚ if not hourly. During the 70’s computers and computer use began to become known by everyone. This period was a time for development and
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During the 1950s Uruguay was unique amongst most South American countries due to its sociopolitical stability and economic prosperity. Uruguay had fostered a large and growing middle class as well as a stable welfare-state which gave a wide degree of democratic and civil freedoms more so than any other south American government. Due to relative peace in Uruguay in the mid-1960s there were only 12‚000 men in the armed forces and less than 22‚000 police in a country with a population of nearly 3million
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Introduction During the 1960’s‚ there was a significant disparity between the amount of minority and female representation in the workforce versus the amount in the American population. In an attempt to correct this disparity‚ President John F. Kennedy enacts Executive Order 10925 which causes for an aggressive hiring of minorities by the federal government (Chrisman‚ 2013). Consequently‚ over-time‚ the civil rights movement as well as current laws and Supreme Court decisions greatly expand the
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Union Street also shows women being degraded but in such a way of social conflicts and different opinions. During the 1970’s was a period where women’s political and social lives collided causing uproar about different livelihoods and perceptions of how people should live due to the fact women are now able to vote and have much more of a say in the political world than they did ten years ago. As Monteith states‚ “The 1970s was a ‘woman’s decade‚’ a period in which women’s political and personal lives
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Prohibition During the 1920’s there was a ban on alcohol. Prohibition was the legal prevention to manufacture‚ sell‚ and transport alcoholic beverages under the eighteenth amendment. But along with banning alcohol‚ came a spike in the number of bootleggers. Bootleggers made and sold alcohol illegally from places known as speakeasies. Speakeasies were illegal liquor stores or night clubs‚ often time hidden in the bottum of drug stores or businesses. First off‚ why was there a ban on alcohol? In 1917
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Constitution; however‚ Chief Justice John Marshall saw the controversy of Marbury v. Madison as an unacceptable instance of unconstitutional applied laws. In Marbury v. Madison‚ the issue of whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court could hear William Marbury ’s suit against Secretary of State‚ James Madison‚ was questioned. The Constitution defines the U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction:</p> <p>In all Cases affecting Ambassadors‚ other public Ministers and Consuls‚
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