When Americans went dry during the 1920s‚ they didn’t know how history would be changed. America then changed its mind about Prohibition due to a rise in crime‚ a lack of law enforcement‚ and a loss of potential tax revenue. The first reason is due to a rise in crime. According to a graph published in a report in the US Census and FBI Uniform Crime from 2008‚the homicide rate was 7 per 100‚000 in 1919. This number increased to 9.8 by 1933‚ then decrease to 6 per 100‚000 after the Great Depression
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The history of policing in America is divided into three eras. The political era‚ the reform era‚ and the community problem solving era. According to Kelling and Moore the community era of policing began in the 1970’s and continues today and was brought about due to declining public support and trust of the police. The citizens needed to believe the police cared about the communities they patrolled and were not just there to do a job. Police were isolated from the community especially in areas where
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Policing in the America is a working progress and evolving. There is a constant struggle between protecting the rights of the people as requested by law and really serving and protecting the people. There are three eras of policing‚ the political era (1840-1930)‚ the reform era (1930-1980)‚ the community era(1980-present). The political era was an era that was characterized by political influence‚ corruption and relationship building. It was an era controlled by the local governments in which the
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Inventions In the 1950’s a lot of things were invented and things that may look like they were invented a couple of years back but the truth is that all the items list here were invented in the 1950’s. Starting in 1950 the very first credit card named (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider. Then in 1951 Super glue was invented and in the same year Power Steering AKA (steering) was invented by Francis W. Davis‚ and the first video tape recorder (VTR) invented by Charles Ginsburg. In 1952‚ people came
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was something that America had never seen before. The United States became the richest and most developed nation in the world during this time period. Americans were mass producing things‚ had high wages‚ new goods for consumers‚ and many forms of entertainment. Some of the major changes that came with the roaring twenties were consumerism‚ the harlem renaissance‚ changing the role of women in the society‚ literature‚ sports‚ movies and radio‚ and transportations. Also‚ America was pro business‚ republican
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to come to America by its reputation as the "Land Of Liberty" and also by the inspiring letters of friends and relatives already in the United States. These "New Immigrants" fleeing poverty and persecution faced difficulties in assimilating into American culture that they were not. Most could not speak English‚ nor were they literate in their own language. They came from non-democratic governments and were often distrustful of government‚ and ended up in a a similar situation in America with political
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Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America culturally by causing mistrust in government. In the 1960s through early ‘70s‚ the Vietnam War changed America in ways that nothing had ever done before.
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railroads changed life in America? History argues over the impact of railroads. History claims that the contribution of railroads was crucial in American development. Others‚ such as Robert Fogel‚ maintain that the impact of railroad transportation was not as crucial in the development in America (Early American Railroads). The issue may be a controversial one‚ but the fact remains that train transportation‚ the building of trains‚ and the development of the railroad system changed America. The impact
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Daily Lives New inventions change our live on a daily basis. Whether it is the new version of a washing- machine or a new cure for a disease that they have discovered‚ we are sure to never have a dull moment in the modern world. Over the years we have experienced many new inventions and many interesting periods of discoveries‚ but not one quite as dynamic as the 20th century. I think the reason these specific times’ inventions were so important‚ is that it was the beginning of everything. All the
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Many of us have probably heard about how Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the
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