During the 1920’s‚ the great depression hit and so made a very uneven distribution of wealth‚ the top 1 percent of all americans had the riches of the bottom 42 percent of all americans. The uneven distribution caused factories to higher their prices‚ lower the employee’s pay to try stay afloat but didn’t succeed. It wasn’t only factories though‚ mining‚ farming and textiles failed as well all leading up to the shutting down of thousands of banks. During the period that lead to the great depression
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What Caused the Dust Bowl During the 1930’s‚ giant sand and dust storms hit the western horizon. Many families across the nation were struck with the Depression‚ however‚ families living across the Southern great plains were not only struck with Depression‚ but also by 300 dust storms that ruined all their land. The main reasons for the cause of the Dust Bowl were the geography of the Southern Great Plains‚ heavy machinery‚ and extremely dry climate. One of the main causes of the Dust Bowl
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concluded they saw footprints that resembled the devil. This mystery was known as “The Devil’s Footprints.” Now there are two theories people still think about what caused the footprints‚ they are an animal’s or they are Satan’s. The mystery of the Devil’s Footprints is an unsolved mystery that cannot be solved‚ but there are many theories on what caused the tracks. After the sun went down on Thursday‚ “a mass amount of snow hit the block of Exter‚ South of Devon” (Clark 160). During that night‚ an
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many Muslims family and relocated them to camps. Many family were left with no information and did not know where they were. Another event that caused the killing of the Muslims was whet the Serbs decided to take over Bosnia. The Serb soldiers created many new laws and made many restrictions. Many of the Muslim’s rights were violated. Muslims men were targeted and the Serbs Soldiers captured many men and did not give any information to the families. Men were eventually killed and could not escape from
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a form of government? Is it the pack mentality found in many animals? Do humans instinctively look for some form of leadership? What is the purpose of having a government? Is it to regulate what people do‚ to protect its citizens‚ or to maintain a stable economy? Isn’t it the government’s responsibility to protect the citizens under its rule? Isn’t it the reason most governments are established? Many governments offer some form of program to protect its citizens. The U.S. government has programs
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there were a multitude of new plants‚ animals‚ and germs which were exchanged. This exchange caused massive devastation for the Native Americans as these natives had no antibodies to the diseases brought over by the Europeans and Africans. Along with this exchange came new cultural influences and disastrous outcomes. Also as the Europeans and Africans began to invade the Native American territory‚ major environmental changes began to take place. The Atlantic World would forevermore be altered.
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Have you ever wanted to know what read about what really happened in the Boston Massacre. It all started in Boston one fateful day. The British came to Boston and the people of Boston were not happy about it. By examining the boston massacre and the causes of it‚ It is clear that this was an important part in the revolutionary war. the Boston Massacre was that many of the colonist were upset by the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier. This was called the quartering act.
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Running head: THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The Branches of Government Alicia Sanders University of Phoenix His 301 The Branches of Government Ever wonder how our government works? The government was divided into three branches: the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. What were the reasons our forefathers divided the government into these branches? Each branch works together as a whole by a system of checks and balances in order for the government to be run properly and no one branch
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commercial air flight. Theories were made like an anti-Nazi person had sabotage the Hindenburg and made the fire and another theory is that an electrostatic discharge (a spark) hit hydrogen and caused the fire. This theory was the only theory that made sense and was proven to be true in a test to see what caused the Hindenburg to catch on fire. After all this‚ the clean took a while and the crash was an devastating mess. The Hindenburg wasn’t the biggest air flight incident but became one of the biggest
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Based on the reading and personal experience I believe that a constitutional government is the best possible state that can be adopted‚ because constitutional governments allow the room necessary to form a strong middle class and gives the people a greater influence on their own governance. There are good and bad forms of everything in this universe. This type of distinction is made clear in the forms of governments. As Aristotle claims that kingship is a good form‚ but tyranny is an immoral perversion
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