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- 1631: Mafia
- ... approximately 98 were located in Woodland district (Stephen Fox 65). There was an area in every major city such as the Woodland district. Many people believe that gangs began with prohibition or with the economic depression of the 1930s, but that is not true. The pre-Prohibition gangs were closely related to the first organized bootlegging, largely due to the fact that many of the early gangs were ethnic in ...
- 1632: Justify The Knowledge Or It Wi
- ... of the stressed and overworked Asian student, it is American students who are most likely to report that school is a source of stress and academic anxiety. Asians actually had the lowest incidents of stress, depression, insomnia, aggression, and physical symptoms. American students do not value education as much as Asian students do. They are also more complacent about mediocre work. When asked what they would wish for if a wizard ...
- 1633: Benefits Of Pet Ownership
- ... But there is a whole other spiritual level there, writes Susan McElroy, author of Animals as Teachers and Healers (Simross 15). The psychological benefits include reduced mental distress, a sense of security, lower rates of depression, and higher morale (Schellenberg 2). Serving as an effective stress reducer, stroking an animal is calming, says UCLA psychologist Dr. Judith Siegel (Witherell 77). Patients who watched a fish tank before going into surgery did ...
- 1634: Immigration To Canada
- ... later complemented by head taxes designed to discourage Chinese immigration. It wasn't until the 1960's that regulations and restriction to Chinese immigration were completely lifted. The 19th century closed with a world wide depression and a slow down of immigration to the West. But all that changed in 1895, when Clifford Sifton was appointed as Minister of the Interior at the start of an economic recovery. Sifton believed that ...
- 1635: Adolf Hitler
- ... Hitler undertook a series of measures designed to rid Germany of its obligations under the Treaty of Versailles (imposed on Germany after World War I), restore the economy which had been devastated by the Great Depression, rearm the country, and acquire Lebensraum ("living space") for Germany. In Mein Kampf, he had written of the need for this "living space" which he said could only be acquired at the expense of countries ...
- 1636: Labor Union History In Califor
- ... were unemployed. In the past, depressions had usually hurt unions. Unemployment meant a sharp drop in workers' dues, then unions became almost powerless to prevent decreases in wages or long working hours. Nonetheless, the Great Depression of the 1930s actually benefited unions. In 1932 a man by the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President. Roosevelt, taking the leadership of the all but paralyzed nation on March 4, 1933, (The ...
- 1637: A Timeline Of The Holocaust
- ... 1933), were the principal target of Nazi hatred. The Nazis mistakenly identified Jews as a race and defined this race as "inferior." They also spewed hatemongering propaganda which unfairly blamed Jews for Germany's economic depression and the country's defeat in World War I (1914-1918). In 1933, new German laws forced Jews to quit their civil service jobs, university and law court positions, and other areas of public life ...
- 1638: Articles Of Confederation
- ... state passed their own currency, and therefore created inflation and made Continentals in circulation worthless. Compounded with restrictions on trade to Great Britain and down the Mississippi River, the states became mired in a heavy depression. John Fiske, of the conservative view, realized the precarious situation when he stated the Nation was under the verge of collapse and near-anarchy and that the five year period after 1783 was the most ...
- 1639: Analysis Of Karl Marx And Comm
- ... expelling the Bakuninists from the International and shortly, the International died out in New York. During the next decade of his life, his last few years, Marx was beset by what he called "chronic mental depression" and "his life turned inward toward his family." He never completed any substantial work during this time although he kept his mind active, reading and learning Russian. In 1879, Marx dictated the preamble of the ...
- 1640: Sorrow
- ... pass you by. Of course different levels of sorrow exist and some are harder to deal with than others, but most day to day misfortunes don't have to be the cause of sadness and depression. Sorrow is divided into four groups; sorrow, grief, anguish, and woe. Different people can tolerate different levels of sorrow. The first group, regular sorrow, is the least extreme. This is the feeling you get during ...
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