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    The Great Depression was when America went through a downfall and the stock market crashed severely. Two long term causes were that many businesses were closed down‚ causing many to be unemployed. Millions of people also lost their savings due to bank failures‚ after banks have given loans without receiving money back. President Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928‚ shortly before the Depression occurred. Hoover believed in rugged individualism and voluntary help from the community‚ without the government

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    “Seamus Heaney was the soul of the nation”‚ by Eamon Carr‚ is an emotive response concerning the untimely passing of influential Irish poet Seamus Heaney. The article‚ published by the “Independent”‚ beautifully depicts the extent of Heaney’s positive influence and sense of universality deployed through his pieces of literature. Through this essay‚ I shall attempt to intently examine and discuss the emotive language used‚ Idolisation and the universality of self-expression. The tribute written in

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    Leauge of Nations

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    The League of Nations 1. The body that was formed out of Wilson’s 14 Points was called the League of Nations. (a) The League’s aims and objectives were set in 26 articles known as the Covenant. (b) President Wilson was hoping that the League would unite against any future international wars. (c) The League of Nations offered the idea of collective security. This meant those countries would act together if any member were threatened by any hostile state. 2. In the beginning the League did have

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    Entertainment in the 1920s By Joshua Boonstra Movies Movies back in the 1920s usually had sound. They were shown with piano or organ accompaniment‚ sound effects‚ and subtitles. Comedy was the most popular type of movies during this time of films. The humour in these films were very slapstick-meaning people thought it was funny when someone fell on a banana peel or got a custard pie in the face. Buster Keaton‚ Laurel Hardy‚ and Charlie Chaplin were some famous comedians. Many Canadians regularly

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    movement within the German confederation up until 1834. What were the main obstacles to overcome? German unification‚ from 1815-1834 faced many obstacles‚ obstacles that would have to be overcome if the unification movement within Germany were to be successful. From the very beginning there were many forces acting against the unification movement‚ states like Austria were very much against the unification. The people in Austria were reactionaries; they believed that they had a better quality of life in

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    investigates the epic battle between the Australian Rugby League which has been around for 87 years and the Super League concept for the control of Rugby League in Australia. One man‚ Mr Rupert Murdoch‚ is trying to take over and run a rebel Super League to enhance his power and for financial gain. This Super League is proposed to run in 1996 with a 10 team competition as its prospectus. This report reviews the history of the Australian Rugby League‚ the battle between Mr.Murdoch and Mr.Packer‚ the

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    failure of the arab league

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    Failure of the Arab League In the wake of any great conflict‚ states will try and assemble a system that is based on unity and prevention of further conflict‚ there are several aspects usually addressed‚ including the economy and the international relations. In the wake of World War 2 the UN assembled to form the new world order (Pinfari‚ 1.) In the Middle East‚ 6 founding members (Egypt‚ Transjordan‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq) formed the Arab League‚ an organization founded upon

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    118 leading cities of the United States last year. To Chicago went the doubtful distinction of having the most homicides—510; New York City‚ with approximately twice the population of Chicago‚ had 340. In twenty-eight of the leading cities the rate was 9.9 per 100‚000‚ as against 11.0 in 1925. "Slight as it is‚ the reduction is encouraging‚" observes the collector of these statistics‚ Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman‚ writing in The Spectator‚ a New York City insurance journal. "But‚" he adds‚ "our murder

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    A League of German Girls

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    Maher J. M.W.C 3/21/13 WWII League of German Girls Hitler’s youth was Hitler’s Nazi party to train boys to go to war but there was also the League of German Girls that made up Hitler’s youth movement. Formed in the 1920’s‚ The League of German Girls was the only female youth party. It consisted of 2 sections at the beginning. The Young Girls League was for girls ages 10-14‚ and the League proper was for girls ages 14-18. Eventually a third section was added called the Belief and Beauty

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    for farmers was complicated in 1932‚ because there was a surplus of commodities in the market. The depressed state of the world food market caused the purchasing power of farmers to dwindle. As a result‚ the U.S. government passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act in hopes of restoring purchasing power to farmers by reducing surpluses in crops‚ livestock and giving farmers cash payments for controlling how much crops they would grow. The Agricultural Adjustment Act proved to be successful because the

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