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- 7541: Great Depression Timeline
- ... since 1926. Recession begins in August, two months before the stock market crash. During this two month period, production will decline at an annual rate of 20 percent, wholesale prices at 7.5 percent, and personal income at 5 percent. Stock market crash begins October 24. Investors call October 29 "Black Tuesday." Losses for the month will total $16 billion, an astronomical sum in those days. Congress passes Agricultural Marketing Act ...
- 7542: German Unificatio
- ... Franco-Prussian War During the Austro-Prussian war, Otto von Bismarck promised territory to the French in return for their neutrality- territory he never intended to actually give. He secured this for the French in writing, but he never actually signed it.. In actuality, Bismarck was readying for his final step to unification: a war with France. Bismarck had to manipulate the parties involved in order to keep support on Prussia ...
- 7543: Galileo
- ... dropping out, Galileo became a lecturer at the Academy of Florence. While in Florence , Galileo was successful in furthering his knowledge of mathematics and physics. He proceeded to create two theories that were circulated in writing only and made his name well respected. The first was La bilancetta (The Little Balance), which explained the principles and ideas behind balancing hydrostatically. The other was about his studies of the centers of balances ...
- 7544: The Extent Of European Influen
- ... to the national free market, it was the spirit, vision and will of the American people that created it and made it work. The country provided a non-interfering, non-oppressive government and opportunity for personal advancement to the common man on a scale never before seen in history. It is this freeing of man that accounts for the development of the free market. The economic system that started from such ...
- 7545: The Growing Popularity of Computers
- The Growing Popularity of Computers Predicting the imminent demise of the personal computer has become an annual ritual in recent years -- and each year the PC has defied the prophets of doom. This year looks set for a repeat performance. Predictions for first-quarter global sales were ...
- 7546: French And Indian War
- ... the colonies. The excessive acts of mercantilism were belittling to the colonists. They felt as though they were being used and were never going to be rewarded. Benjamin Franklin described very well their feelings by writing, "We have an old mother that peevish is grown; she snubs us like children that scarce walk alone; she forgets we're grown up and have sense of our own" (p. 123). These feelings drove ...
- 7547: Franks Connelly
- ... Franks who was using his congressional e-mail address I received a canned "thank you for caring" message in which none of my questions or concerns had been addressed. From Maryanne Connelly I received a personal response in which she addressed or tried to address every one of my concerns. It was "signed" Maryanne Connelly. This was impressive whether or not it was really her sending the message. Lastly I attended ...
- 7548: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Li
- ... who was in the Democratic Party, had succeeded the appointment to become President. He campaigned energetically calling for government intervention in the economy to provide relief, recovery and reform (Electric Library). His activist approach and personal charm helped to defeat Hoover in November 1932 (Electric Library). The Depression worsened in the months preceding Roosevelt's inauguration, March 4, 1933. Factory closings, farm foreclosures, and bank failures increased, while unemployment soared. Roosevelt ...
- 7549: Dysfunctional Families In Cana
- ... such relationships make the stories more interesting, thought-provoking, and entertaining in a tragic sense. Perhaps the reader can learn by experiencing the angst of these characters and can try to identify trouble spots in personal relationships before it is too late.
- 7550: Ford
- ... as a matter of choice. Give them a decent income and they will live decently – will be glad to do so. What they need is the opportunity to do better, and someone to take a personal interest in them – someone who will show that he has faith in them.” A lot was expected out of Ford workers in return for a $5.00 a day paycheck. Many workers could not handle ...
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