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- 3591: Causes of The Great Depression
- ... Palmer House (Chicago), and the Peabody (Memphis) opened their doors(end note 25). Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the construction industry benefited tremendously from the automobile. With the growing number of cars, there was a big demand for paved roads. During the 1920's Americans spent more than a $1 billion each year on the construction and maintenance of highways, and at least another $400 million annually for city streets(end ...
- 3592: Impact of the Spanish American War
- ... interceded, and in a little while he explained to Rowan: "A mistake". From Jamaica to the general the message was "A confidence man from the US is on his way." Garcias appearance shocked Rowan. The big, bulky as old as the hills. A white handlebar mustache and the white hid much of his face. In the general's tent Rowan explained his mission, and after he had asked his question, Garcia ...
- 3593: The History of the Pony Express
- ... to cross the continent. The Pony Express was successful at a time, but it was a financial failure. It lost its owners more than $200,000 in eighteen months of its existence. It played a big role in establishing rapid communications between the north and the west coast during the Civil War. The Pony Express helped keep California in the Union. The completion of the Transcontinental telegraph line ended the Pony ...
- 3594: The Great Depression
- ... entering their boundaries. Farmers sold daughters to prostitution and sons to the military. The collapse of Japanese goods that were demanded abroad turned the Japanese government to imperialism. The people of Japan were growing to big for the land they owned and with the rest of the world cut off, it had to take a step necessary to head off this growing problem. When Japanese officers gained control of Manchuria the ...
- 3595: Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S.
- ... 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24, 1965, and spread to other campuses, including Wisconsin on April 1. These protests at some of ...
- 3596: Columbine High School and Its Effects
- ... change in high schools all across the nation. It will have a lasting effect, not only in the students at Columbine High School and their families, but the nation as a whole is affected. A big question on many peoples mind when thinking about this tragedy is How were these students allowed to get the ammunition and guns used? People can not help but think that this could have been ...
- 3597: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- ... the English system mainly in 2 ways. Hereditary monarchy and nobility were banned, and an accused person had the right to have a trial by jury. To have a trial by jury was an especially big thing, normally the local magistrate would be the judge, jury and executioner. The law assured citizens of certain basic rights and freedoms, including religious freedom, the protection of property and the prohibition of slavery and ...
- 3598: Why the Civil War was Unavoidable
- ... then forced to battle in the Civil War to solve the problems. The three main conflicts that started the war were, balance of power, taxes on imports and slavery. The balance of power had a big impact on the attitudes of the South causing a difference. At the time, the federal government was changing in that the northern states were becoming more populated and more powerful politically. The two sides argued ...
- 3599: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- ... the English system mainly in 2 ways. Hereditary monarchy and nobility were banned, and an accused person had the right to have a trial by jury. To have a trial by jury was an especially big thing, normally the local magistrate would be the judge, jury and executioner. The law assured citizens of certain basic rights and freedoms, including religious freedom, the protection of property and the prohibition of slavery and ...
- 3600: The Turning Point of the Civil War
- ... the following day, July 2, General Meade, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac arrived, along with the majority of the army. He formed his forces in the now widely recognized horseshoe, anchored at Big and Little Round Top on the west, and Culp's Hill on the east, and dug in behind a stone wall along Cemetery Ridge. The numerically superior Union forces faced an ad-hoc deployment of ...
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