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- 1871: Deficit Spending
- ... deficit existed during these first 150 years were in times of war or other catastrophic events. The Government, for instance, generated deficits during the War of 1812, the recession of 1837, the Civil War, the depression of the 1890s, and World War I. However, as soon as the war ended the deficit would be eliminated and the economy which was much larger than the amounted debt would quickly absorb it. The ... the "New Deal" in the 1930s, the Federal Government came to play a much larger role in American life. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to use the full powers of his office to end the Great Depression. He and Congress greatly expanded Federal programs. Federal spending, which totaled less than $4 billion in 1931, went up to nearly $7 billion in 1934 and to over $8 billion in 1936. Then, U. ...
- 1872: Jane Addams
- The late 1800s was a time when many immigrants were coming to America, social classes were being distinguished, and a great deal of prejudices was sweeping over the United States. The upper and middle classes had extreme advantages over the lower class, which consisted of a large number of immigrants. These lower class individuals were looked ... in life was to benefit others in some form or another, after graduating from Rockford, she went to the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia. Unfortunately, her stay in this college was short-lived because depression and a back surgery caused her to drop out. Besides being educated in academics, she wanted to learn about people…all types of people. She did this by traveling abroad in Europe for a few ... to thousands of European immigrants who had fled their native countries hoping to find a better life in America” (Kittredge 17). After Addams picked out her house, Starr and herself renovated and decorated it with great excitement. “Jane Addams had dreamed of serving humanity” (Kittredge 15). She got this opportunity with the opening of her Hull House on September 18, 1889. This settlement house became a place of opportunities for ...
- 1873: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
- ... the radio and in the papers. Ruth made the front page sometimes just for hitting a home run (Creamer 220). Many people had started to admire Ruth and gave him many nicknames such as, " The Great Bambino", " The Sultan of Swat", "The Wali of Wallop", etc. (Babe Ruth Museum 3). America was in dire need of a hero for this was the time of "The Great Depression." Babe Ruth was the answer. Like many of today's athletes, Babe Ruth was hard to please. It was hard to keep him on the team with the salaries he was receiving. In 1927, ...
- 1874: Hamlet 17
- ... so distressed/depressed by his father death, explaining to him "All that lives must die." [Act I, Scene II, L. 74]. In response to his mothers question Hamlet explains that he does not act his depression, and he is still truly grieving, saying "I have that within which passes show, / These but the trappings and the suits of woe." [Act I, Scene II, Ll. 88-89]. Then, near the end of ... In the soliloquy, Hamlet laments his religion's "canon 'gainst self-slaughter" [Act I, Scene II, L. 136] and curses the world and his mother (for her marriage to Claudius) as well, exposing his deep depression in full. 3. In Act I, Scene II, Claudius makes his first appearance. The impression of Claudius I received from this scene was one of a very "kingly" character. Claudius' opening speech addressing the royal ... with Horatio at his side) meditates on earthly position, power, and wealth, at Ophelia's gravesite. In lines 216-223, Hamlet sums up his beliefs on position, power, and wealth, saying that even Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar have died just as everyone else will and that the dust left of both of them is of the same lowly station as that of any other man. [Act V, Scene ...
- 1875: Hurricanes 3
- Hurricanes A natural hazard is when extreme events which cause great loss of life and or property and create severe disruption to human lives, such as a hurricane. Editor Philip Whitefield brings up an important point in Our Mysterious Planet when he comments; At a time ... its circulation over 150kt (knots) with highest gusts in excess of 175 kt. The central pressure outrivalled the 899 mbar of the Florida Keys hurricane of 1935. Gilbert, at that stage an un-named tropical depression with maximum sustained winds around 30kt, was first spotted on Thursday 8 September some 300km east of Barbados. It brushed past Barbados and St Lucia the following day with limited wind-damage and some flooding ... Tampico and the Us border; mean winds were still 105kt and central pressure 954 mbar. Gilbert now weakened rapidly losing hurricane status about 10 hours later, and it was finally down graded to a tropical depression at 1600 GMT on the 17th, near the city of Saltillo. It was the 210mm of rain which caused the Santa Catarina to break its banks, claiming 200 lives in that city. There are ...
- 1876: A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance Literature
- A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance Literature Contemporary literature in the form of a short story consists of a plot, characters, point of view, setting, and theme (2). These elements can vary a great deal from one story to the next. An author of a short story also reveals a tone and a mood shown by his or her style of writing. Although romance literature contains the elements mentioned ... filled with warriors armed with lance, sword, and armor. It speaks of jousts, tournaments, wizards, falconry, enchantresses, damsels in distress, wars, quests, and the code of chivalry. It is a legend that talks of a great king who came to throne from what seemed to be nowhere and of a noble idea that ends in tragedy (794). The characters in short stories are more interesting than those who we meet in ... a damsel in distress, and saves his dwarf. The main characters in both contemporary and romance literature are interesting people. Those in contemporary literature are realistic and live a life filled with stress, sickness, and depression. Those in romance literature are perfect and live a noble and honorable life.
- 1877: Franklin Roosevelt 3
- Franklin Roosevelt Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear ... keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that ...
- 1878: The Framing of the Constiution
- The Framing of the Constiution "The Framers of the Constitution were great clockmakers in the science of statecraft, and they did, with admirable ingenuity, put together an intricate machine, which promised to run indefinitely, and tell the time of the centuries." This statement, made by James M ... became a never ending source of capital for Congress that only needed the poorest excuses to spend money. The second major event that weakened limited government was Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal agenda. During the Great Depression, nearly all of the constitutional safeguards against excessive government were either ignored or spectacularly misinterpreted. Today it looks as if our government is finally trying to return to the basic principles of the Constitution. ...
- 1879: Charles Dicken's Novels: Literary Criticism
- ... the factory his father was thrown into jail for failure to pay his debts, only to be released three months later. This period of time affected Dickens greatly as he went into a period of depression. He felt abandoned and destroyed by this evil roller-coaster ride of life he was on. From this time period come many of the major themes of his more popular novels. Perhaps the most popular ... intimately than neighbors. The experience of life along with his characters is something that the readers feel. Feelings arouse for them as the characters struggle in difficult situations (Andreola 2). In Terry W. Glaspey's Great Books of the Christian Tradition, he says, "Dickens could sometimes be faulted for being overlong and sentimental, but his novels seem to lodge in the memory long after they are read. His ability to create ... they are! His heroes are people of everyday life who supply readers with a vision of goodness (Andreola 3) Clearly without the writing of Charles Dickens the literary world of today would be suffering a great loss. Dickens thought his many years of life experiences was able to use his talents as a writer to express to the everyday reader what the true meaning of life is. Charles Dickens did ...
- 1880: Memoirs Of Frank McCourt¡¦s Childhood
- ... to me. ¡§When [he] look[s] back on [his] childhood [he] wondered how [he] survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while.¡¨ Born during the Depression era, Frank McCourt, along with his brothers, Malachy, Michael, and Alphonsus, is raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Since birth, Frank and his brothers endure ¡§poverty, [a] shiftless loquacious alcoholic father, [a] pious dejected ... he loves his mother, but by the way he describes every single little detail of his mother¡¦s suffering, her begging for food and her profound sadness over the death of her children, he shows great sympathy for her. The fact that he chose the title Angela¡¦s Ashes for his memoirs indicates that he empathises with her sadness over the death of her very young daughter and twins. The book ... Although his father is an alcoholic, he tries to help his family but fails, yet Frank does not condemn him. Frank is tolerant and understands that it is circumstance that has caused his father¡¦s depression and had driven him to drink and to his ruin Having read the memoir of Frank McCourt, I have learnt to appreciate, and to be grateful for everything in life and never to take ...
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