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    While sitting in history class listening to my instructor’s normal lecture of American history one day‚ I take to notice a few of my classmates sneakily texting‚ doodling in their textbook‚ picking at their nails…In general‚ not even trying to look like they are paying attention or remotely interested. Why this fails to surprise me is because most individuals find history bland. However‚ little did my peers know history isn’t a burden of rocks on the memory‚ but a brilliant radiance on the soul.

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    the victorious moments to the days of misery and hardship. A prominent decade of true misery and hardship recalled by Canadians is the Great Depression. The Great Depression of the 1930s was a time of severe poverty‚ unemployment and unjust treatment experienced like never before by Canada. The Great Depression was unforeseen‚ yet inevitable. The Great Depression led many families to undertake drastic measures. This spark ignited a flame of downwards spiralling‚ leading the worst to be brought out

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    Effects of Global warming Global warming or “greenhouse effect” is an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface‚ which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. Global warming can occur from a variety of causes‚ both natural and human. In common usage‚ “global warming” often refers to the warming that can occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. The atmosphere consists of several “greenhouse gases”‚

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    How did the depression in Germany (1929-1933) affect different social groups? The great depression‚ a huge economic slump caused by a crash in the American stock market‚ had a global effect on a large number of countries‚ especially those who manufactured food and raw materials.1 Germany was in a particularly bad place financially after world war one and had been borrowing a large amount of capitol from the US to repay their allies and when the stock market crashed they were unable to continue

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    Throughout the years of 1929 to 1939‚ there was a world wide Depression. Canada was one of the countries that was most affected. Financially and economically the country began to collapse regardless of what was done by political power. The Great Depression‚ also known as The Dirty Thirties‚ wasn’t like an ordinary depression where savings vanished and city families went to the farm until it blew over. This depression affected everyone in some way and there was basically no way to escape it. With

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    The Treatment of Women in the Great Depression The world’s most life corrupting stock market crash that occurred between 1929 to 1945 was the most largest economy slump America had to over come in history. As the crash erupted‚ it spilled to not only America‚ but also nearly half of the world and changed everyone’s life that happened to have gotten caught into it. The endless percentage drops of the unemployment rates and countless grief stricken Americans who sought throughout those years

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    The Great Depression (Narrative Essay) During the great depression many farmers‚ such as I ‚were about average in value because we grew the food‚ but we weren’t

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    King Jr. once said‚” We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” There are certain events in history that have had a very big impact on the world. Three of these events include The American Revolution‚ The Great Depression of the 1930s‚ and The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1930s. The American Revolution is one of the most significant events in history. The revolution is when the Thirteen Colonies gained freedom from British influence. It started in 1765 when people from the colonies

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    the Great Depression. Focus on this period is natural because the 32 percent decline in stock values between the market closes of October 13 and 19‚ 1987‚ was of the magnitude of--indeed‚ it actually exceeded--the October 1929 debacle. Focus on this period is also appropriate because‚ despite all that has been learned since to help assure economic stability‚ we cannot be completely confident that history will not repeat itself. Consequently‚ this first section reviews events of the Depression era

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    The Great Depression was more than just that of money. It begins with the fall of Wall Street‚ the down fall put the country into a deep hole. With the veterans asking for their bonus that they were promised. They could no long feed their family‚ and President Hoover deny their bonus. People becoming frustrated and resorted to violence. People rush to withdraw their money from banks‚ scared to not have enough money to feed their family. Banks started closing day after day‚ approximately 300 closed

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