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- 2151: Roaring Twenties
- ... of reform, both socially and culturally. Many feared that morality had crumbled completely. Before World War I, women wore their hair long, had ankle length dresses, and long cotton stockings. In the twenties, they wore short, tight dresses, and rolled their silk stockings down to their knees. They wore flashy lipstick and other cosmetics. Eventually, women were even granted the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment. It ... sweet. Many lost all they had while trying to make it. People came to the United States having the idea that no matter what happened, they were going to make it. There dreams were however short-lived as the so called American Dream surrounded them and sucked them into the dark side of reality. Those who were not perceptive enough to see that business was risky, failed. In this era, Americans ...
- 2152: Reconstruction
- ... the Reconstruction. This, however, was all repressed by the redemption. Almost every economic and social benefit gained by the African Americans during the Reconstruction was lost during the redemption. The reason why the Reconstruction fell short was because near the end of a 12 year struggle from the Radical Republicans, their determination slowly faded. Towards the end of the Reconstruction era, most grew tired of the ideas behind it, felt that ... and much more. After Republicans lost interest in supporting African American rights and Democrats regained political and economic control of the South, the racially segregated and capitalist government flourished again. The Reconstruction did, for a short time, transform the South for African Americans, but most rights and benefits gained during that time were lost to Democrats during the Redemption. The Redemption turned the Reconstruction into an economic, political, and social loss ...
- 2153: Organized Crime
- ... groups such as the Jews had much influence in the way we look at organized crime as well. The Jewish had been highly connected with America with an elaborate sense of knowledge gained in a short time. Each ethnic gang made up a small branch of its district which each city had many. Each district was a part of its ethnic group. Very powerful men who were respected by all of ... decreased until the end of World War II when organized crime came back with much stronger than when the war started. This shows a good understanding of what the Mafia is capable of doing in short periods of time. The men who have tried to get rid of the Mafia time in and time out have made some progress. "Responsible groups of Americans have, at times, waged campaigns in the media ...
- 2154: New Deal America
- ... a big role in restoring faith and confidence in the system and helped to increase demand and wages, but realistically it was impractical; it abandoned the American market system. The NIRA did work for a short time, perhaps because a new air of confidence had overcome the depression blues and the downward spiral of wages and prices had subsided. But as soon as economic recovery began, the honeymoon ended (Tindall and ... the first New Deal were temporary. There were no entitlements, once the money was gone
. it was gone. The Second New Deal focused on long-term maintenance whereas the original New Deals purpose was short-term relief. Roosevelt called the legislation passed during the Second New Deal "must" legislation (Tindall and Shi 1254). The Wagner Act prohibited employers from interfering with union activities and gave workers the right to bargain ...
- 2155: The Battle Of Little Big Horn
- When I think back of the stories that I have heard about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It is one of the few times that the Oglala Sioux made history with them being the ones who left the battlefield as winners. When stories are told, or when the media dares to tamper with history, it is usually the American Indians who are looked upon as the bad guys. They are portrayed as savages who spent their time raiding ...
- 2156: The Seven-Years War
- ... and hired experienced seamen to command them. The entire crew was paid a salary, plus a small percentage of he spoils. These ships would sail out of port laden with ammunition, sidearms, and men, and short on provisions. Space was limited, and it was wiser to carry more men and weapons than food and water. The logic behind this outfitting was that the privateer would hopefully capture ships. Upon capture, the ... English ship's provisions, with the logic that the captured vessel was headed for the nearest port and would not need them. By this method the privateers found sustenance. Many a privateer voyage was cut short because provisions were running low and either no capture had been made, or a capture had insufficient food and water. It was not uncommon for a privateer to capture multiple British ships on one voyage ...
- 2157: Alchemy
- ... ideas, especially those connected with spiritual contact. The object of modern alchemy might be reduced to the search for a substance having the power to transform and transmute all other substances into one another - in short, to discover that medium so well known to the alchemists of old and lost to us. This was a perfectly feasible proposition. In the four principal substances of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, and azote, we have ... the most precious metal, but when circumstances were not favorable the baser metals resulted. The desire of the old alchemists was to surprise nature's secrets, and thus attain the ability to do in a short period what nature takes years to accomplish. Nevertheless, the medieval alchemists appreciated the value of time in their experiments as modern alchemists never do. M. Figuier's friend urged him not to condemn these exponents ...
- 2158: American Two Party System
- ... a political force by the 1820 election, mostly because of its opposition to the War of 1812. The fall of the Federalist Party left the country with only one major party, but only for a short time. During the 1820s Democratic Republicans began to split into two parts. The conservatives of the party favored a strong nationalism, a protective tariff, and a national bank. They called themselves National Republicans. The ... difference from a third party standpoint. The real problem I believe he had was the lack of detailed planning. With all his graphs and numbers he could sure tell us the problems. But he fell short of giving us any real solutions. I do not consider myself a Republican or Democrat and I would welcome an alternative. But looking around the world, I think the party system we have is the ...
- 2159: American Reconstruction
- ... by the Constitution itself. To do this they proposed the Fourteenth Amendment It said that all people born in the United states were citizens and had the same rights as citizens. This Amendment also stopped short of requiring black suffrage. Instead, it said that any state that kept African Americans from voting would lose representatives in Congress. This meant that the southern states would have less power if they didn't ... and tried testing it by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in February 1868. Three days later the house of Representatives voted to impeach the President. After a full trial, the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds required. Johnson was acquitted. By one vote, the tradition of a strong presidency and the separation of powers had remained intact. The remaining of President Johnson does effect the South since ...
- 2160: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- ... the greatest impact on our history, Lincoln's name consistently comes up. But why? Lincoln had little formal education and did not serve in public office but for brief periods prior to becoming president. In short, based on his background, Lincoln would not seem to be someone likely to succeed as President. Yet his innate wisdom and humanity made him one of the greatest of the nation's Chief Executives. He ... uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations." (Images of the Civil War, pg. 172) With Lincoln's stong, moralistic leadership, the North went to war to preserve the Union; it ended by preserving and strengthening a nation ...
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