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- 1621: Slave Ownership In The Southern United States
- ... closer and made his study less powerful. Secondly, in the study of the investor, the year chosen, 1949, can also be debated as somewhat biased for this particular case because the effects of the Great Depression were more than likely still being felt by investors. A family with $5,000 to invest was probably still hesitant to put it into the stock market thus affecting the given percentage. To make his ...
- 1622: McCormick Place
- ... dream come to life (www.mccormickplace.com). In 1927, a similar plan to build a convention center was blocked by the Illinois Supreme Court. Further progress was stunted in the 1930's by the Great Depression. After the United States' entrance into World War Two, industry got a jump-start. Then in 1951, a one-percent tax was added on running racetrack parimutuels. The tax was designed to pay for industrial ...
- 1623: RedScare
- ... in which he published short stories, poems, and ascorbic literary reviews. In October, the Clemms joined him, and in May he married his cousin Virginia. The rest of his life, Poe suffered from severe mental depression and declining physical health. In 1838, he published his only novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym". In December, 1839, he lost his job because of the intense rumors of his excessive drinking habits. "By ...
- 1624: Populist Party
- ... both property owners and wage workers. Populists' disinterest in tariff protection, which Republicans used brilliantly, also unnerved voters seeking prosperity. And the income tax, sub-treasury and other economic panaceas seemed illogical and dangerous amid depression" (Morgan, 169). The party also dies out because it does not win any elections. One noted historian declared, "A number of important Populist leaders . . . sought something that no American political party has achieved before or ...
- 1625: Organized Crime
- ... in America. "Three million Irish, four million Italians, and four million Jews immigrated to America. They immigrated for a number of reasons. Many of them dreamed of leaving behind their old worlds. Worlds of fear, depression and crime" (Mafia Secrets). So along with these new immigrants came much crime as well which connected brought upon many ethnic gangs. "Each gang had their own gang, there were several of them. Chinese, Irish ...
- 1626: Male And Female Observation: T
- ... the brush of a hand, that touch can stir up so many feelings. In the anecdote above, just from the womans warm embrace, the mans strength returns and he is uplifted from whatever depression that has struck him. The interpretation of touch is different between men and women. In this study, men to men, women to women, and men to women interactions were observed. The main part of the ...
- 1627: The Battle Of Little Big Horn
- ... in charge of this expedition. During this expedition Custer claimed that there was gold in the Black Hills. Grant looked at this as an opportunity to show the country he could pull them from the depression and he opened the Black Hills for prospecting. This broke the treaty of 1868 again (Ambrose 343-346). The Black Hills was a sacred place to the Sioux. It was a place where spirits dwelled ...
- 1628: Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
- ... out the weakening of man's original calling by the results of the industrial revolution, division of labor, the robotics of factory life and materialistic vision of life. The end result is self-destruction and depression of ones independence, spirit and development of mental and spiritual heights as described here, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperati on. From the desperate city ...
- 1629: Marijuana And Hemp, The Untold
- ... less expensive, and much safer than many drugs currently used in its place. Marijuana can provide superb relief for those who suffer from cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, arthritis, rheumatism, asthma, insomnia, and depression. If knowledge of marijuana's many medicinal uses, its remarkable safety, and hemp's enormous potential as a natural resource become widely known, the DEA fears that support for Marijuana Prohibition will collapse, and thus ...
- 1630: Labor Unions
- ... in the effectiveness of unions over the course of business cycles. On the average, unions have raised the wages of their members as compared to nonmembers by about 15 percent, somewhat more during periods of depression and somewhat less during periods of prosperity. Empirical studies have also indicated that the productivity of union workers has been higher than that of nonunion workers, largely because union workers have tended to have more ...
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