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- 1531: WWII
- ... numerous and complex to be generalized. The following is said to be one of the main causes. At the end of WWI Europe was economically impoverished and politically divided. It faced the possibility of social revolution. During the early 1920's Europe experienced an economic depression and the course of European politics was determined largely by the communist revolution, which engulfed many countries. In the late 1920's Europe achieved a measure of economic recovery. However, all hope of political stability in Europe was shattered by the results of the depression that hit the ... unemployment and acute distress strained social relationships in Europe. The communist movement soon overwhelmed Europe. The triumph in 1933 of fascism, under the name of National Socialism, or Nazism, in Germany ended the threat of revolution in that country. However, the triumph of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler would prove to be more disastrous as time passed. The German society was transformed into a totalitarian state, which had withdrawn from ...
- 1532: Death of a Salesman : A Social Criticism
- ... one, not even Miller himself, can fully agree on who Willy Loman is or what his motivations are; whether or not he is a tragic hero, or precisely what the show says about today's American society. It may be "an attack on capitalism" (Weales xv) but certainly "it cannot... be reduced to an old-fashioned propaganda play" (Weales xv) by any stretch. The inability its audience to precisely pin down ... here. Bricks and windows, windows and bricks"¹. It seems as though Willy has boxed himself in, however, because he refuses to realize his inability to be a successful salesman. The "living" city is symbolic of American business. The only way to go is up unless you fail, and then you are devoured by progress. Willy is living in a time when his worth as a human being is judged on how ... is no point in starting anew. Eleanor Clark remarks that "it is our particular form of money economy that has bred the absurdly false ideals of both father and sons" (Clark 220). Is it the "American dream...distorted to the dream of business success" (Clurman 213) that has left Willy so disillusioned? Does he feel that he is worthless as a man if he cannot sell his product (or himself)? ...
- 1533: Gold And Its Uses
- ... pure gold. The prime use is in electronics. Our age of high technology finds it indispensable in everything from pocket calculators to computers, washing machines to television and missiles to spacecraft. The rocket engines of American space shuttles are lined with 35% gold brazing alloys to reflect the 3300° heat, and the lunar modules of the Apollo program that put men on the moon were shrouded with gold foil acting as ... California gold rush began in January 1848 after the discovery of gold in the tailrace of Sutter's Mill in Sacramento Valley. Almost half a million prospectors swarmed to California, helping to open up the American west. But output peaked temporarily in 1853. Thereafter production waned and, apart from a brief resurgence in the 1930s, declined to 30.5 tonnes by 1980, when the high gold price, coupled with new production ... in order to obtain its gold, but a discovery in the Urals in 1774 triggered the modern industry. By the 1840s Russia was the leading producer, until eclipsed by the California gold rush. After the Revolution, Stalin encouraged mining and the Soviet Union was the second biggest supplier until overtaken by the United States in 1991. Overall Soviet production peaked at 285 tonnes in 1989, before falling to about 250 ...
- 1534: Cars: New or Used
- ... Older Japanese cars offer the same, if not higher quality technology than new Chevys or Fords. Many, if not all, of the new mechanical advancements are introduced by foreign automakers. This pattern is caused by American car companies unwillingness to invest as much money in research and development as their Japanese counterparts. Thus, a Japanese car built in the mid-nineties will have the same technology featured in new American cars. There are three categories into which this technology falls. First, older Japanese cars are equivalent to new American cars in safety features such as anti-lock brakes, airbags, and theft deterrent systems. Fuel economy has been noticeably better in Japanese made cars for many years. American cars have been slower to move ...
- 1535: Early Colonies
- By: N.sikveland There were various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonisation of America were religion, economics, and government. The most important reasons for colonisation were to seek refuge, religious freedom, and economic opportunity. To a ... Government was also important in the founding of English colonies in the New World. With each colony, the government and idea of democracy progressed. With a weak and unpredictable government first established in Virginia, the American colonists gradually advanced to a more democratic government. However, even the most democratic government was a far cry from the pure democracy we enjoy today. Their gradual learning experience and progression led to many more ... because it was ruled under the military and was occupied by criminals. It was a quite unpopular place to live. There are clearly many similarities and differences in overall religious, economical, and governmental origins in American colonies. Many colonies were founded for exclusive religious diversity. However, many came to be motivated in origin by economy. Also, the American colonies evolved from non-representative and elitist governments into a more democratic ...
- 1536: Behind The Urals
- ... as they went from one extreme to another. The old Czarist government was always out to serve the rich landowners, while treating the peasantry as second-class humans rather than equals. However, when the Russian Revolution came to a head, and the Red Communists or Bolsheviks defeated the White Czarists, Russia was left with an entirely new system of thought in its government. This ideology viewed the working class and peasantry ... a time when the conditions in America reached an all time low. He left his roots in the United States to begin a new life in a foreign country simply because he was disgruntled with American governing and was appealed to by the Soviet philosophy of governing. It tool Scott a tremendous amount of will and fortitude to leave behind everything he knew so well, to start a new life on ... was easier on workers, and did not concentrate so much on the well being of the upper class. Valdek was much respected in Magnitogorsk and many of his fellow workers questioned the lack of a revolution in Poland. Valdek explained to them that if there were talk of a revolution, the revolutionaries would be immediately thrown in jail. Khaibulin, who was a tarter, exemplifies the diversity of the people who ...
- 1537: Attempt At Reconstruction
- ... whose major goal was unifying the nation. The fifth element were various fringe groups such as, abolitionists and Quakers. Strongly motivated by principle and a belief in equality, they believed that Blacks needed equality in American society, although they differed on what the nature of that should be.6 The Northern Radical Republicans, with a majority in Congress, emerged as the political group that set the goals for Reconstruction which was ... anger and separatism. If we fail to bridge this divide the question of the Twenty-First century like the Twentieth will be that of the color line. -- Endnotes 1 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) p.228. 2 Ibid. pp.124-125. 3 Eli Ginzberg and Alfred S. Eichner, Troublesome Presence: Democracy and Black Americans (London: Transaction Publishers, 1993) p. 148. 4 Ibid. p. 152. 5 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) pp.229-231. 6 Daniel J. Mcinerney, The Fortunate Heirs of Freedom: Abolition and the Republican Party (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994) p.151. 7 Eric Foner, ...
- 1538: African Diaspora
- ... cultures under the conditions of their new environments. Three main schools of thought have emerged in scholarly discussion and research on this topic. Some argue that there are no significant connections between Africans and African American communities in the Americas. Others argue that Africans retained significant aspects of their cultures. Similar to this argument, some have argued that Africans, responding to their new environments, retained and transformed African cultures into new African-American ethnic units. Detailed research done on slave communities in Surinam, South Carolina and Louisiana allow us to look deeper into the stated arguments. Having recently addressed the same issues using Colonial South Carolina as a ... to this region... Africans were interacting with Europeans and other Africans of different ethnic groups, adapting to the realities of their new environments and transforming elements of both old and new into their own African-American culture. (Bright & Broderick 10). Evidence exists that shows Africans were allowed enough associational time to form viable communities, that they maintained strong family structures and that they exercised a large degree of control in ...
- 1539: Airika
- ... by Eli Whitney in 1793 made it possible for workers to gin separate the seeds from the fiber some 600 to 700 pounds daily, or ten times more cotton than permitted by hand. The Industrial Revolution, centered in Great Britain, quadrupled the demand for cotton, which soon became America's leading export. Planters' acute need for more cotton workers helped expand southern slavery. By the Civil War, the South exported more ... In parts of the “Black Belt”, enslaved African Americans made up more than three-fourths of the total population. Even though slavery existed throughout the original thirteen colonies, nearly all the northern states, inspired by American independence, abolished slavery by 1804. As a matter of conscience some southern slaveholders also freed their slaves or permitted them to purchase their freedom. Until the early 1800s, many southern states allowed these emancipations to legally take place. Although the Federal Government outlawed the overseas slave trade in 1808, the southern enslaved African American population continued to grow. By 1860 some 4 million enslaved African Americans lived throughout the South. Only Southern states believed slavery to be a major, and essential, economic factor. Whether on a small farm ...
- 1540: Yalta
- ... the size of the Soviet occupation, so it was of no real interest to him. It had always been understood that any zone for France would be formed out of part of the British and American zones, already made out. Churchill’s concern about particular issues reflected in his apprehension that the United States would not maintain an armed presence in Europe. Stalin had noted that a prolonged presence of American military forces would be necessary in Europe. In reply to Stalin’s comment, he said that American forces should not stay very long. This opinion was underlined by FDR when in a telegram to Churchill he stated that “You know, of course that after Germany’s collapse I must bring American ...
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