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- 6931: 1929 Stock Market Crash
- ... the stock price was too high. Herbert Hoover publicly stated that stocks were overvalued and that speculation hurt the economy. Hoover’s statement suggested to the public the lengths he was willing to go to control the stock market. These kinds of statements encouraged investors to believe that the market would continue to be strong, which could be one of the causes of the crash. (1929…) The Crash and The Depression ...
- 6932: US History
- ... of political laissez-faire and obligation to intervene, but add the element of a ¡°Lyndon Johnson¡¯s obsessive fear of the spread of Castro-style communism¡± (Musicant 363), and consequently, we will find ourselves resurrecting gun boat diplomacy and the Monroe Doctrine. Although under the veil of ensuring safety to our citizens, the invasion of Grenada is an example of where we overstepped our legal bounds, fabricated justifications and reacted without ...
- 6933: Reconstruction
- ... land crop-worthy. He planted the seeds, harvested the crop, and gave land-owner part of the harvest. Therefore sharecropping replaced slavery, and most freedmen and poor whites went to this act, and remained under control of landowners. Last but not least, carpetbaggers, from the North, setup public schools in the South. This effected the Southern lifestyle in that all people would have an opportunity to learn. Being educated meant everyone ...
- 6934: WWII
- ... war already and was just trying to find the right reason. Roosevelt may have seen that, sooner or later, the U. S. would have to go to war and they might as well be in control when the first shots are fired against Americans. Roosevelt's master plan was very complex and involved a great deal of people. Two of the people who would be affected the most by this plan ...
- 6935: WHAT MADE THE AMERICANS EXPAND
- ... that of the frontier state of Indiana"(Turner 41) Fortunately, new manufactures help save New England from becoming an entirely stationary section (Turner 12). New England's shipping industry became very strong because it had control of neutral trade during the European wars. "Of the exports of the United States in 1820, the statistics gave to New England about twenty percent, nine-tenths of which were from Massachusetts"(Turner 11). Then ...
- 6936: The New Deal
- ... thus temporarily abandoning the capitalism system and turning toward socialism to find the answer. The answer... the New Deal. Socialism is usually thought of as a form of government that advocates public ownership and public control of wealth (Britannica Jr. Encyclopedia 1980, p.231). In other words, a socialistic government wants the wealth of the nation spread out in such a way that the money is equally distributed among the country ...
- 6937: Why The North Won The Civil Wa
- ... did not exist (Brinkley et al. 256-59). The first glimmer of hope came as America's first primitive locomotive, powered by a vertical wood-fired boiler, puffed out of Charleston hauling a cannon and gun crew firing salutes (Catton, Glory Road 237). Ironically enough, this revolution had begun in the South, but there it would not prosper. The Railroading industry quickly blossomed in the North, where it provided a much ...
- 6938: Sphere
- ... walls that must have been made for blocking radiation of large amounts. But why? Why would a ship that looks human be buried underwater and be built for harsh use? We went to the main control panel and looked around. It seems like normal a ship. Let's find the record box maybe that will tell us something said Barnes. We all looked around and found nothing. We moved on throughout ...
- 6939: The Trail Of Tears
- ... were 42,992 Cherokee living in Tahlequah in 1982. The U.S. Census has shown 293,074 Cherokee are living in more than 30 states in the United States. Now the Cherokee Nation is under control of the first woman chief. In November 1983 Wilma Mankiller was elected to the office of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee survived the hardships of the Trail of Tears and the loss of their loved ...
- 6940: Crazyhorse
- ... census conducted by the government trying to prove this, they found that the Indians were actually claiming less (Ambrose 359). In 1876, the agencies were taken from the churches and given to the army to control. This was petitioned to Washington with statements that soldiers were obnoxious and their dislike for Indians was very obvious. Also the army was corrupting the Indians by introducing and encouraging alcohol and gambling. The petition ...
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