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- 921: Industrial Revolution
- ... in society have brought the burden of scarce resources, diseases and pollution among its people. Rather the opposite is true, the positive effects that the revolution have introduced such as the high availability of employment, food, and human rights and the opportunity for future growth overpowers these problems. Therefore it is accurate to say that the benefits of the industrial revolution have improved ones quality of life. One characteristic ...
- 922: Impact Of New Deal On The
- ... and 6) Medicaid. Another similarity between them is the social service to help the unemployed to find jobs. New Deal really focused on this problem. National Recovery Administration set maximum hours of labor so that employment could be spread over more people. Now there are social services to help unemployed financially and to find jobs. Under New Deal, more specifically, Social Security Act, unemployment insurance was created. Initially an eligible worker ...
- 923: Immigration To America
- ... lie about the exchange rates and pocket the difference. While the immigrants provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of and hostile towards these new groups. If an immigrant gains employment, he does so only by displacing an American who previously held that job. For an immigrant to find an employer, he would have to offer himself at a lower wage than an American worker was ...
- 924: Immigrants 2
- ... making half of what an adult worker would make. While the immigrants provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of and hostile towards these new groups. If an immigrant gains employment, he does so only by displacing an American who previously held that job. For an immigrant to find an employer, he would have to offer himself at a lower wage than an American worker was ...
- 925: Herman Melville
- ... withdrawal suggesting more than one level of interpretation. Among them, Bartleby may be seen as a writer (like Melville), who chooses no longer to write; or as a human walled off from society by his employment on wall Street, by the walls of his building, by the barriers of his office nook within the building, by the brick surface he faces out his window, and by the walls of the prison ...
- 926: Herbert Hoover
- ... business picked up, more jobs would come forth. Under Hoover, the government took more steps to shape the economy than ever before. Hoover got together many business leaders and asked them to keep up their employment rates and the wages of the workers. Hoover requested congress to fund public works projects in an effort to aid the people. By creating these projects it helped business by making them produce more materials ...
- 927: Guatemala
- ... 25 percent of the export earnings. Because of the fact that Guatemala hasn't kept with the heavy movement of people in Guatemala City and other City's which has resulted to lots of un-employment. Education in Guatemala is not at the best point; the adult literacy rate is only 56 percent. It is higher for males and for urban dwellers. Although, girls tend to stay in school longer then ...
- 928: Germany And Its Abuse Of Chemi
- ... chemical shells, their use on the battlefield was generally accepted as just another hazard that the defenders had to face. Initially, Germany held the lead in chemical agent deployment. From 1915 to 1918, the tactical employment of chemical weapons varied between the belligerents. However, by late 1918, both sides were using similar delivery systems and chemical agents. The effect of gas should be neither belittled nor exaggerated. The numbers of gas ...
- 929: Great Britain
- ... finished and manufactured goods. Gross Domestic Product - $1,018,000,000,000 (US) Gross Domestic Product per capita - $17,690 (US) Money pound sterling. One pound = 100 pence. Chief Economic Products agriculture, fishing, mining, manufacturing. Employment Breakdown 58% Trades and Services 27% Manufacturing and Industry 12% Business and Finance 2% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 1% Military and Defence Social Education is very important to everyone in Britain. All children have to go ...
- 930: Fbi
- ... Segregation, which was legal at the time, was the rule in the Armed Services and in virtually the entire defense industry in the 1940s. Under pressure from African-American organizations, the President appointed a Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC). The FEPC had no enforcement authority. However, the FBI could arrest individuals who impeded the war effort. The Bureau assisted the FEPC when a Philadelphia transit workers' union went out on strike ...
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