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- 291: The Great Depression
- ... the second world war. For more than ten years, the American people faced a condition in which they had no clue on how to face, or how to fix it. The responsibility for solving this crisis was greatly on the President. He, who had saved European countries from starvation during the Great War of 1913 through 1918, proved that he could not fix this new crisis. In fact, from 1929 through 1932, the economy went from bad to worse. Unemployment approached 20 percent. Black Unemployment hit 50 percent. Private construction investment went from $6.6 billion in 1929 to $1.3 ... 000 banks went under before the Great Crash in 1929, and 9,000 more went under from 1929 to 1932. Marriages were down 250,000 from 1929 in 1932. Herbert Hoover attempted to address the crisis using Republican capttalism as answers, however, none worked. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidential election. He understood that most of the American people were very optimistic. Many unemployed workers blamed themselves, and ...
- 292: Bay Of Pigs
- ... decided to arm and train these Cuban exiles for guerrilla warfare against Cuba (Goode, Stephen 76&77). In November 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president. Upon his election, he was informed of the Cuban crisis and after being presented with the facts, he approved the invasion. Many plans for the invasion were recognized, but the best one came from Richard Bissel. He describes his plan in a book entitled, CIA ... Pigs." Encyclopedia Americana. 1998 edition. Bay of Pigs Revisited, The. Online. Internet. 10 Oct. 2000. Available http://www.eserver.org/history/bay-of-pigs.txt Finkelstein, Norman H., Thirteen Days / Ninety Miles: The Cuban Missle Crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster Publications, 1994. Fursenko, Aleksandr, and Timothy Naftali. The Secret of the Cuban Missile Crisis: "One Hell of A Gamble." New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. Goode, Stephen. Central Intelligence Agency. New York: Franklin Watts Company, 1982. Nelson, Craig. "CIA Report on Bay of Pigs Released." The Associated ...
- 293: Boris Yeltsin
- ... elected and a constitutional referendum was formed whom passed Boris's draft constitution which gave a lot of power to the executive side (president) of the Russian government. Boris's health seriously deteriorated after the crisis of 1993, he developed a serious health problem. Chechnya a mostly Muslim country, whose government which had been trying secede from Russia since 1991, became ever more rebellious. Boris ordered the military to enter the ... froze all relations between the two countries since the end of World War 2. Today and Tomorrow Boris has had many problems in the last few years. The first would be, the fall of the Asian economy in 1998, which spread fear through out the world; this economic blunder caused the Russians feeble economy to collapse and the Ruble to skyrocket. Second would be, Boris's which has gotten worse and ...
- 294: English And French Relations I
- ... war that supported Britain, still their nemesis in their opinion. Francophone soldiers were rare, and francophones remained unhappy with the battle to receive French language education in Ontario and the West. In 1917, the conscription crisis emerged for Quebec, as French speakers had no feelings of loyalty as much of Ontario and the West did. In the interwar period, the threat of merging Canadianism and Americanism alienated francophones whose language and ... unified with Canada. Lesage's independent sentiment were reinforced at Expo 67 in Montreal, when French president De Gaulle endorsed and supported Quebec independence with his bold cry of "Vive le Quebec Libre!" The FLQ crisis of 1970, led by a groupp of young Quebec nationalists, best illustrated feelings of francophone frustration and anger when they kidnapped British trade commissioner James Cross, and killed Quebec cabinet minister, Pierre Laporte. While many francophones didn't support the level of violence in this crisis, they did sympathize with the upset behind it. Francophones employed more legal means of protest and self-protection, such as Bill 22, which made French the official language of Quebec. Bill 101, introduced in ...
- 295: Aids In Africa
- ... die off AIDS, in the next decade than have died in all the wars of 20th century. The Clinton administration is wise to use its monthlong leadership of the Security Council to put this devastating crisis, too often hidden by secrecy and shame, at the top of the word security agenda. The sheer scale of Africa's dais epidemic defies comprehension. South of the Sahara, more than 14 million have died ... s population in the 14th century. For these people aids is not just a humanitarian problem. It is as Vice president Al Gore argued in a forceful speech to the security council yesterday, a 'security crisis" in attacking the young it saps work forces, undermining economic development and political stability. Aids have killed disproportionately high numbers of teachers, doctors, and nurses. The administration is seeking 325million from congress in next year ... health care systems on earth. The stigma attached to ADIS has hampered efforts to curb the epidemic. That is may be where yesterday's Security Council debate makes its most lasting contribution. By giving this crisis the prominent platform it deserves, the United States is finally providing the leadership needed to overcome what the vice properly decried as the ignorance and indifference that lead to infection. Bibliography Chicago Tribune Word ...
- 296: Domestic Violence
- ... is important incase a dangerous situaton arises. She also cannot be on any type of substance, alcohol or drugs. Terry Julian, Oasis,( personal communication, March 15, 2000). Oasis provides for their clients a 24-hour crisis line for family violence and sexual assault. Shelter for abused women and their children. They provide only short term counseling for their clients. Oasis can refer the women to phsycologists but, they do not have ... there is the community educator and the volunteer coordinator . Volunteers play a big part in Oasis operations and they receive 20 hours of training from the community educator before becoming active. Volunteers can work the crisis line, work at the shelter or become an advocate. Terry Julian, Oasis (personal communication March 15,2000). During 1999 Oasis had seventeen women and twenty-eight children stay at the shelter. They had ninety-five non-shelter domestic violence cases, eighteen non-shelter sexual assalt cases and three-hundred seventy-five crisis calls. Domestic violence occurs with all ethnic and cultural backgrounds but, Boone and Watauga, Alleghany and Ashe counties do not correctly represent the American Population. Because this area is predominatly made up of middle ...
- 297: How Far Did The Policies Of Ol
- ... Aragon 10 000 Sicily 6000 Valencia 6000 Milan 8000 Castile and the Indies 44 000 Flanders 12 000 Portugal 16 000 Mediterranean and Atlantic islands 6000 This was a clever response to the dire military crisis that Spain was in; being faced by a war on many fronts with England, France and the United Provinces. Unfortunately Olivares displayed minimal tact in his attempts to get the proposal accepted. He devised a ... its resources, the monarchy faced disaster. Although treasure fleets were bringing around 1.5 million ducats annually, most of the crown’s expensive policies were borne by Castile. Between the years of 1627-8 the crisis accelerated; mass inflation was caused by both poor harvests and the introduction of 20 million ducats of vellon which were recently minted. A reflex price fix failed, and the vellon was withdrawn and debased by ... from Hapsburg encirclement, there was heavy expenditure in Italy and further subsidies to the Emperor, whose territorial gains were being made worthless by the Swedes - a ‘hired’ force acting in France’s interests. The financial crisis mounted in 1628, when there was a deficit of two million ducats in the year’s provisions. However the most visible economic downturn came in September when Piet Heyn captured the New Spain treasure ...
- 298: Deppression And Teens
- ... the individual stories behind these statistics because the young people involved come from all communities, all economic levels, all home situations-anyone's family. The common link is often depression. For the individuals experiencing this crisis, the statistics become relatively meaningless. The difficult passage into adolescence and early adulthood can leave lasting scars on the lives and psyches of an entire generation of young men and women. There is growing realization ... positive steps toward change. (Salmans 40) " All too often depressed teenagers don't have the experience to know that time heals, that there is always hope. They don't realize that they can survive a crisis and perhaps even learn from it." Life is often seen in absolutes which intensifies any crisis. (McCoy 64) The destructive potential of serious teenage depression can have many long-lasting aftereffects. Having and keeping a baby, getting into trouble with the law, sustaining a serious injury as the result of ...
- 299: The Efffects Of Louis 16th On
- ... people against taxes, debt and lavish spending on the Court resulted in the recall of Necker in 1788, who still could not prevent bankruptcy of the government. During the next couple of years the financial crisis steadily worsened, because the government was bankrupt. Louis was forced to call a meeting with a delegate of the Estates-General, ( a government group consisting of representatives of the clergy, nobility and commoners). Once in ... clothing made of cheaper material. They spent half of their earnings on bread and were plagued with unemployment. In Paris the gap between the very rich ( minority) and the majority of peasants was large. The crisis of the western world was felt mostly in France. Population increase was accompanied by the fragmentation of peasant holdings, inadequate increase in agriculture productivity and bad harvests after 1770. Both wages of the commoner and ... the head count was not granted). In 1770 Louis married Marie Antoinette, youngest daughter of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. She influenced Louis to attend to the interests of Austria, and to ignore the financial crisis in France. She often stood in the way of Louis’s proposed reforms by talking him out of them ( Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette pg 488 ). She talked him into firing Turgot, who may ...
- 300: William McKinley
- ... chaired the Republican National Convention and was almost nominated for the presidency. Mark Hanna had unofficially opened a McKinley-for-President headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota (site of the convention). In 1893, McKinley faced a personal crisis that almost sidetracked his political career. He had co-signed bank notes totaling more than $100,000.00 to help a friend start a business. The business failed and McKinley was expected to repay the ... as a territory. With the accession of these lands, the U.S. became a world power under President McKinley. Because of its new possessions in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. became more involved in Asian politics. In 1898, McKinley’s administration issued the "Open Door Policy" in trade relations with China. This policy supported equal access to the profitable Chinese trade. In 1900 a secret Chinese society know as the ...
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