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2021: Daisy Miller
... was educated privately by governess and tutors in New York and Albany. In 1855, he traveled to Europe with his family and attended schools in Switzerland and France. In 1860, with the outbreak of the Civil War, The James family moved back to the United States and settled in Newport. James was unable to enlist in the Union army with his two younger brothers due to a back injury he received when ... his autobiography entitled A Small Boy and Others. The following year, he wrote Notes on Novelists with Some Other Notes (criticism) and another autobiography entitled Notes of a Son and Brother. Deeply disturbed by World War I, as with all wars, James did volunteer refugee and hospital work during the war. In 1915, James became a citizen of Great Britain. On December 2nd of the same year, James suffered from ...
2022: John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
... 1823 was still a big part of life in the United States Of America and politicians made sure that they did n not get involved in European affairs. They remained unchanged until the first World War when America joined in on the side of the Allies. This novel showed that most Americans were glad that they had joined. It created jobs for the poor and increased the wealth of many of ... of the time worked. Passos showed how the sinking of a ship carrying Americans triggered the The United States to join. Before this book I had though it ridiculous that a country would go to war over a few deaths, but the author showed how the American goverment used propoganda to make the Americans want to join in the war and fight. Manhattan Transfer tells the tale of how a poor tailor became very rich when the were broke out. He managed to secure a contract with the government for body bags and overnight ...
2023: Hopes And Dreams
... turned into wild animals thinking of nothing but how to survive in the wilderness. This is the situation we live in now, we forgot the meaning of peace, and we remain with poverty, racism and war. Now open your eyes and look around you. Don't shut your self from the real world and glance at the rich and famous. They are nothing but the minority, look at what is surrounding ... we would live a hundred times better than how we are living today. After all I hope that racism will vanish away soon. All of that wouldn't have occurred in the first place if war didn't exist. War is the reason for where we are today, but war is not the solution to satisfy our needs. War increases our sorrows, and it never cures them. Every day we turn on the TV ...
2024: Causes Of The Great Depression
... not equally between the industries. In fact, most companies that succeeded in the 1920’s were linked to the automotive or radio industry somehow. Agriculture had been greatly supported by the federal government during World War I. The federal government bought bushels of wheat from farmers at an unheard of price of two dollars a bushel. After the war, the federal government stopped supporting the agricultural industry and the price of wheat fell back to sixty-seven cents (None, Causes of Depression). Farmers increasingly fell into debt, they began selling their land and this ... had left their farms to the cities because they could no longer farm their land. The farmers were in debt and the federal government, not needing the excess of farmers that had existed during World War I, let them lose their land. There was no significance to this action of the farmers for many American people of the time, but it showed the problems that the lower class experienced during ...
2025: Causes Of The American Revolut
The American Revolution, also known as the United States War of Independence, was an uprising by which 13 of Britain's colonies gained political independence. By the middle of the 18th century, differences in life, thought, and economic interests began to grow between the colonies and Britain, the mother country. The French and Indian war caused considerable war debts in Britain, and as a means of generating revenue, Britain implemented taxes within the colonies. The colonists felt that these taxes were unfair. Although the colonies were still technically a part of the ...
2026: The Persian Wars
... out from the Chersonesus by Persians, and was constantly hated by the Persians. Aristides was an aristocrat who often disagreed with Themistocles. All three leaders united to lead the Athens against Persia. During the Marathon war Sparta didn't fight because they were in the mist of a religious festival. The Persian general Datis took most of his troops and sailed for Phalerum to attack Athens form the south. During the war Miltiadies slaughtered Persians who remained on the plain of Marathon After the Marathon War Miltidies was placed on trial for deceiving the Athenians. Themistolces left in power and convinced the Athenians that safety would be strong in their navy. During the Greek war at Artemesium and Chalcis the ...
2027: Gangs
... shoulder coats and broad-brimmed hats) had become a familiar sight. Fighting back against harassment of white residents and visiting soldiers during the so-called zoot suit riots in 1943 strengthened their cause.Post World War IIAfter World War II gang membership: 1.became younger, 2.the nationality of the membership became largely non-white (though Italians, Irish and other white ethnic groups still made up a percentage), 3.drugs became a more publicized ... did not.The 1960sThe 1960s saw a decline in gang violence, in part because drug use escalated. Where there was more drug use there was less gang violence. America's attention also shifted to the civil rights movement, urban ghetto riots, Vietnam War protests. A new racial consciousness had its effect on local street gang, creating organizations that were more involved in communities. The Black Panthers arose in Oakland in ...
2028: Burry My Heart At Wounded Knee
... shame by all descendants of the Europeans who settled this land. The truths contained within this book show the attempt at the genocide of the Indian nations, which rival that of the Holocaust during World War Two. The parcels are too strong to ignore. Beginning with the long walk of the Navaho where children were stolen and sold into slavery and many died during the journey. When they arrived at the ... many jobs and professions even El Parker, a very well educated Native American, who had to obtain aid of his friend U.S. Grant before he could join the union army and fight in the Civil War. Again the striking similarity to the plight of the European Jews during World War Two, when they were marked with a star and their rights were revoked. These comparisons are quite disturbing and the ...
2029: Theodore Roosevelt
... his Theodore Rooseveltemendous ego, politicians often disliked Roosevelt. However, the public adored him. Theodore Roosevelt was elected in his own right in 1904, with the (then) greatest popular majority ever. Roosevelt’s presidency included no war to push him into the limelight, yet Theodore Roosevelt made his imprint on history many times over. Roosevelt was the first “Theodore Rooseveltust-busting” President; he established many national parks; he sTheodore Rooseveltengthened the position ... be in effect until 1800, the next presidential election year. Under the Act Respecting Alien Enemies, the President could order the deportation of “citizens of any counTheodore Roosevelty with which the United States was at war” (Brown 122). These fed on early nationalistic sentiments and fear of “Jacobins” from the bloody French Revolution at a time when war with France looked probable. The Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes, which went down in history as the Sedition Act, was the most criticized of the bunch. It provided prison sentences for speaking ...
2030: A.A. Milne
... the Brady Bunch. Not only is A. A. dedicated to his work, he also puts his life at risk for the good of his country. Milne stayed assistant editor of Punch until 1914 when World War I broke out. Alan wanted to be a part of it and help his country. He felt that it was a “war against war”. (WWW) On February 10, 1915 he volunteered to fight in the war. For A. A. nothing much happened for him until August of 1915. Alan was sent to the Southern Command Signaling School at ...


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