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- 881: Industrialization American
- ... and 1920, industrialization caused significant changes in many people’s lives. First, the development of a new railroad system help settle the west and made it more accessible to people. Second, public transit systems in big cities provided an outlet from congested cities. Last, the discovery of a method for transmitting electricity help to light up our daily lives. I feel that these are three of the most important changes in ... Their main source of transportation were horse drawn wagons and walking. As a result, most people lived or took housing near downtown, which was where most of the working establishments were located. This made the big cities very congested. However with the breakthrough of the “el”, electric streetcars, and subways, around 1867, cities began to open up more. Those who were fortunate enough to move out of the slums and into ...
- 882: The Great Gatsby: Life in the 1920s
- ... and has a lot of internal conflicts. The plot is very entertaining because it involves a character striving for a goal that he is never able to accomplish. The Characters in the novel played a big role in developing the story. The characters give the impression that they are respectable and wealthy. They all are very charming and elicit. They are in fact horrible people who had hardly any morals. These ... the fullest not carrying about anything. Everyone was living for the moment instead of living for the future. The characters portrayed people who were carefree and loved to have a good time. Drinking was a big part of there culture even though it was prohibited by prohibition. The 1920’s was before the great depression so no one was really worried about saving money, they were more focused on spending there ...
- 883: The Increasing Prison Population
- The Increasing Prison Population The care and feeding of one million American prisoners is a big business. Privately managed prison beds are increasing about 35 percent a year, and the demographics of inmates are changing rapidly. More prisoners are women or elderly, and have drug problems, AIDS, or other chronic health conditions. The number of prisoners seems certain to increase--but even if it doesn't, the cost of running prisons will. Prisons are often referred to as "the big house," but "full house" may be a better term. In 1994, 1 million people lived in America's federal and state prisons. Another 3.7 million were on probation or parole, and half a million ...
- 884: Ethnocentrism
- ... dislike them as well. Putting myself in the crew's situation would mean that I would accept all the knowledge and views that the crew took with them on their voyage [ which were few]. A big part of appreciating anything is knowing what it is you are trying to appreciate. John Blackthorne went into this expedition searching to find land that he new was there. A place he studied and learned ... flow right away, they didn't even believe their were anything called the Japan's in the first place. Appreciating the enchanting and new land was the last thing on their minds. Ethnocentrism played a big role in people's life during that time. For some people it was the only thing they had. The only thing that meant something important to them and to their country. These men in the ...
- 885: In Search Of Our Mothers' Gardens and Everyday Use: Honoring Heritage
- ... were so amazing because they were old and the churn top and dasher were hand whittled. When Dee went into the chest and pulled out the quilts that were made by her grandmother, mother and Big Dee, she automatically wanted them too. Dee thought they the quilts should be hung and put on display. She didn’t think that Maggie should use them on her bed when she got married because ... used them. They were not meant as decorations, they were to be used and keep warm. Maggie and her mother knew what their heritage really meant. Maggie had first hand experience with her grandmother and Big Dee. She had learned to quilt directly from them. She saw the heart, time, and effort that was put into the quilts. Maggie knew that it her heritage wasn’t something that was physical, it ...
- 886: Industrial Revolution 7
- ... government to return his rail road workers, he was arrested and the workers were forced to work. In 1890, for example, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-trust Act. This law’s purpose was to punish big business corporations that merged to eliminate competition. “Survival of the fittest” ideal of the social Darwinists were destroying the small businesses. Yet more and more it was being used as a weapon against unions. The ... to maim and kill for stopping union strikes. These rapid changes in the ways of business caused a wide spread of socialism. Many common workers believed that the government should take full control of the big business and industries to regulate price, working condition, and enforce illegal ‘deals’ between industries to wipe out competition. I believe that total overthrow of the country’s economic system would not have accomplished the goal ...
- 887: Domestic Violence
- ... on morals set for them as children. How far in education they will go, which in turn places them into income levels, which contributes to domestic violence occurrences. All like a mini-cycle inside a big one. Maybe there would have been a role model for them to follow in school which would guide them away from violence. When it comes to the race factor it has been proven that blacks ... monkey see monkey do approach. The autobiography of Mary Rowlandson has an instance of domestic violence from an Indian chief on his wife. In this society it was acceptable, but that person would become some big guys girlfriend forever in prison if done today. The knocking of her on her head just cause she wanted to leave ended with her death like does unfortunately to others today. the children of these ...
- 888: Austria
- ... manners. Mr. Haider has predicated that any censure effort would quickly crumble. He may be proved right. It isn't just smaller European countries like Greece and Denmark that are already skeptical. The major or big powers are subdividing: Bavaria broke with Berlin over isolating its Alpine neighbor and Italy's provinces around Trieste, and abutting Austria. "It's hard to see how the EU can now get out of the ... lot of disagreeing and yelling between each other. Vienna had a lot of problems themselves in the government system and couldn't figure anything rather. The government and the populist freedom party was also a big issue that crossed Europe and was between neo-Nazis and the conventional U.S Republican conservations. Word Count: 1009
- 889: A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Foreshadowing Of Death And Symbolism Of Heaven
- ... a comment about the car that they were driving. He explains it as an old beat up black car, and after the family has their accident the car that comes to the scene is a big black hearse-like car and this also symbolizes the arrival death. Along with many situational ironies, this story also has a lot of symbolism. One example is the authors description of the way the grandmother ... in their car. Through out the story, symbolism is a continous catalyst. After the family wrecks their car, the convicts appear on the scene and the car they are driving is described as being a big, black Hearse-like car, symbolizing death, for example, throughout the story, the author mentions the sky quite a few times. At the beginning of the trip the children use their imaginations while looking at the ...
- 890: John Coltrane
- ... Vinson, and Joe Webb in local bars and clubs. That same year, Coltrane performed in a show with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. As a result of Coltrane's impressive performance, he landed his first big gig with the Dizzy Gillespie band. Despite his first big gig, Coltrane lived his next few years in depression, drugs, and alcohol; however, he gathered the strength to seek rehabilitation. He later converted to Islam and got his life together. In 1950-1951, he continued ...
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