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Developments Of The Modern Day
1710 Words - 7 Pages.... all the economies of industrialised nations, and plunged the Capitalist system into the worst economic slump in history. This essay will attempt to consider the effect of the Wall Street Crash in causing the Great Depression, but also consider other causes such as the massive unequal distribution in income that existed and the lasting effects of the war in the form of debts owed to the US.
To understand the sheer consequence of the Great Depression we can consider a normal economy. Most economies experience a ‘Boom and Bust’ cycle, where economies fluctuate between times of prosperity and times of recession. The economist Maynard Keynes believed these cycles would ....
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Gothic Architecture
362 Words - 2 Pages.... purposes than for any aesthetic
quality. The walls of Romanesque cathedrals were built very
thickly, so as not to be destroyed by invaders. Gothic, on the
other hand, had thinner walls and worked towards a more
artistic approach. Gothic cathedrals have many more
buttresses than Romanesque cathedrals. Gothic cathedrals
were also designed with statues and sculptures on them such
as the gargoyle, which also served as a rain spout.
Romanesque cathedrals had few windows, as the walls of the
cathedrals were very thick and made the placement of
windows extremely difficult. This lack o ....
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French Revolution-death Of Mar
1677 Words - 7 Pages.... called the Girondins. The Jacobins blamed the Girondins for the defeats on the battlefield and the rising prices of food.
On the second of June the Sans-Culottes, supporters of the Jacobins, forced their way into the Convention and expelled the leading Girondins . Many of the expelled Girondins fled Paris, in fear of facing the recently invented guillotine. Many fled to their provinces. In doing so they triggered off revolts in the provinces which supported the Girondins. By the summer of 1793, sixty out of eighty-three departments had joined the rebellion against the government .
Faced with such immense problems, on April the 6th, the Convention set up an emergency group ....
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The Grange
780 Words - 3 Pages.... the strongest in the states that
produced the most: the South and Midwest. As a group (strong in member) they
made their statement to the world on an appropriate day, Independence Day 1873.
The framers Declaration of Independence informed those listening they were ready
to fight back. The Declaration stated they would use "all lawful and peaceful
means to free themselves from the tyranny of monopoly". Many of the members
opened stores and other businesses so they could begin to buy and sell to each
other. However most of these were farmers, with families, not businessmen and
many companies didn't survive because of their lack of real business knowledge
and the pressur ....
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Global Stratification
306 Words - 2 Pages.... two-thirds of the population of the low income are farmers but the power of industrial technology is absent. These individuals are greatly limited to the complex machinery needed to produce sufficient crops.
Population Growth: Countries with the least developed economies have the world’s highest birth rates. Populations of poor countries double every twenty-five years.
Cultural patterns: Poor societies are typically traditional. Groups pass folkways from generation to generation.
Social Stratification: unequally distributed wealth is often found in low-income countries.
Gender Inequality: Poor societies use women more than industrial societies. Women with fewer ....
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Holocaust-concentration Camps
595 Words - 3 Pages.... make arms and supplies for the war. At this camp, they performed brutal medical experiments on the prisoners. Over 3,500 people had experiments performed on them and most all died. When the war was coming to an end, the United States liberated over 32,000 prisoners on April 29, 1945. This was one of the most devastating concentration camps of the Holocaust.
Bergen-Belsen was another horrifying concentration camp. This camp was a holding center camp. This means that the people that were sent there were going to be kept there until they died, or until the war was over. The people at this camp were usually killed by diseases like tuberculosis and typhus. The bodies ....
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Treatment Of Women In Trifles
849 Words - 4 Pages.... to use their power in a way that gives them an edge. This power enables them to succeed in protecting Minnie, the accused. "Trifles" not only tells a story, it shows the demeaning view the men have for the women, the women’s reaction to man’s prejudice, and the women’s defiance of their powerless position.
Throughout the play, Glaspell uses dialogue which allows us to see the demeaning view the men have for the women. Mr. Hale declares that "women are used to worrying about trifles" (958) trivializing the many tasks and details that women are responsible for. In his ignorance of how crucial their duties are in allowing a household to function smoothly, he impl ....
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The Atomic Bomb
543 Words - 2 Pages.... point had cost hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides. This was
when the Japanese only had maybe two or three thousand men on an island; whereas
on the mainland millions of people who would fight until their death to protect
their country. Can you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan where
they had not only soldiers to fight against but the citizens of Japan loyal to
Hirohito? Massive destruction, immense loss of life, and prolonging of the war
until late 1946, as stated in document A, would result from invading on foot
instead of using the bomb.
Revenge also played a role in the decision to bomb Japan. The Japanese
were not following the Geneva co ....
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