HISTORY Why was there a boom in the USA in the 1920’s? There are many factors that contributed to America’s economic boom in the 1920’s. Resources where essential at this time in USA‚ this was because many new products and items were being produced for the consumer. Natural resources like coal; minerals‚ oil and land were in great store and were a great help as a basis for further expansion. The First World War was another factor as the USA supplied Europe with many goods during this
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Could WW2 have been prevented? WW2 was a tragedy that killed 60 million people‚ it brought international distrust‚ repressed feelings and resented economic hardship‚ however‚ could it have been prevented? The Treaty of Versailles‚ which formally ended the war‚ did little to address unresolved issues and promoted international indignation while harsh economic conditions devasted millions of people. I believe if the world leaders had addressed these issues and taken a step to international trust‚
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Final Project In psychology there have been many schools of thought. The main ones to have emerged are structuralism‚ functionalism‚ behaviorism‚ Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis. Some of these have withstood the test of time‚ and are still in use today in modern psychology‚ while others have laid the foundation of modern psychology. Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of psychology as a formal academic discipline (Schultz‚ 2011‚ p. 66) Because of his ideas and the worked that he did in experimental
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permitted out of economic necessity in the South. Slavery divided the nation in half. The economy of the South was primarily agricultural production on plantations. This form of economy made slavery vital to the state of the South. In the North‚ The economy was primarily industrial‚ which eliminated the dependency on slavery much earlier. Because of the vastly different economic bases of these two regions‚ their culture and views of the world begin to shift apart. On top of economic dissimilarities
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innocent people die every year in auto accidents caused by drunk drivers. It ’s even possible to die from alcohol poisoning‚ but marijuana has never been directly attributed to any deaths. Despite all this‚ public opinion on marijuana is still based on myth and prejudice even though it remains relatively harmless. The harmful effects of marijuana have been exaggerated. In the 1930 ’s the United States was flooded with reports that described marijuana as an extremely dangerous drug that enabled people
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Have you ever bullied or been bullied? If you have bullied or been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like. Bullying is very negative and creates major problems for our society. Nothing good comes out of bullying. It could very well change or ruin a person’s life. In fact‚ it does ruin many people’s lives. Kids can be mentally scarred if they are teased often. Even worse‚ they could be killed or fatally injured if the bullying gets extreme. There are many causes for bullying which must
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There were various ways World War II could have been prevented. Small events led to the immediate cause of World War II‚ these events could have been averted. Isolationism should have been ended and Fascism could have been fought prior to the death of millions. Countries were selfish‚ especially the U.S.‚ when it came to getting involved in foreign affairs. Many countries faced their own economic depression and issues‚ resulting in political leaders turning their concern away from the threat of Germany
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Although most of them have died down throughout the years‚ several never left. Each factor in the war had a tremendous impact on the future and most consequences could have been stopped. Over 60 million people were killed in World War II and several of these deaths could have been prevented. The entire war could have been prevented if Adolf Hitler did not violate The Treaty of Versailles. If France‚ Italy‚ and Britain had put a stop to Hitler’s reign then Hitler would have not gain so much power
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passions and beliefs of a new generation‚ and has since influenced a wide range of genres‚ from folk to disco to hip-hop. The musical stylings that have accompanied the social‚ cultural‚ and political developments of the late 20th and early 21st centuries form the subjects of these entertaining and informative volumes. 1920’s – 1940’s In the mid-1920’s‚ jazz was being played in dance halls‚ roadhouses‚ and radios all over the country. Radios and phonograph records were bringing jazz to locations
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looking towards a positive future full of possibilities. The music of the 1940’s consisted mainly of jazz‚ big band‚ and swing. ( These styles were popular thanks to musicians’ strikes in 1942 and 1948 and eventually gave way to Crooners later in the decade. “Crooners” was a term used to describe male vocalists that often had powerful‚ professionally trained voices and maintained a specific posture or stage presence that could be described as intimate. Successful crooners include Nat “King” Cole‚ Frank
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