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- 1441: Labor In America
- ... most American workers were generally better off than workers in Europe and had more hope of improving their lives. For this reason, the majority did not join labor unions. In the years following the Civil War (1861-1865), the United States was transformed by the enormous growth of industry. Once the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal ... This was known as "bread and butter" unionism. There was one outstanding exception to the pragmatic "bread and butter" approach to unionism which characterized most of American labor. This was the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a revolutionary labor union launched in Chicago in 1905 under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs. The IWW the overthrow of capitalism through strikes, boycotts and sabotage. Particularly strong among textile workers, dock workers ... Department of Labor in the president's Cabinet. Most important of all, Congress passed the Clayton Act of 1914. Its purpose was to halt the use of antitrust laws and court injunctions against unions. During World War I, organized labor made great advances. The federal government created the War Labor Board to settle disputes by arbitration. Generally the Board was favorable to wage increases, the eight-hour day and collective ...
- 1442: Discovery Of The New World
- There were many political and technological changes that prompted the world explorations and discovery of the new world. The Portuguese were the main contributors to the technological changes that lead to the discovery of the new world. However, the change of the political structure of Spain ultimately lead to the discovery. There were many technological changes that the Portuguese contributed. First of all they observed the way the Arab vessels were ...
- 1443: Anne Frank
- On June 12, 1929, at 7:30 A.M. a baby girl was born in Frankfurt, Germany. No one realized that this infant, who was Jewish, was destined to become one of the world’s most famous victims of World War II. Her name was Anne Frank, and her parents were Edith Frank Hollandar and Otto Frank. She had one sister, Margot, who was three years older than she was. Anne led a happy and ...
- 1444: The Effects of Over-Population on the Earth's Water Supply
- ... population"(2). A reasonable person would assume that this is rather good news. However, they also mention later in this article that "Recent attempts at "full cost accounting" estimate that the demands of the current world population exceed global carrying capacity by approximately a third"(4). This means that we have already reached a population that is straining the Earth's fresh water resources. Sandra Postel has written many articles and books for the World Watch Institute (WWI). The WWI is a group devoted to researching environment and population issues. Her latest book, Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? is about irrigation and the world's food supply. In this book she reveals, "that 40 percent of the world's food comes from irrigated cropland"(10), and "historically, most irrigation-based civilizations have failed"(12). These two ideas by ...
- 1445: Standardized Testing As A War
- Standardized Testing As A War A number two pencil and a calculator are all you need for your fight against the world. Each student is a soldier among hundred of thousands, marching in a powerful wall towards the enemy. All the soldiers are dressed in uniform, carrying the same gun, and waiting to receive destiny. Who will ... have to be added to the list? Students need to master the SAT to enter college where they never have to take a standardized test again, along with never needing those skills in the real world. The soldier is trained to kill; yet off the battlefield, society shuns those actions. Does it not seem ridiculous that people are forced to learn skills they do not need? Teenagers are forced to ...
- 1446: American Revolution 2
- ... The reasons which impelled them to do so are outlined in the Declaration of Independence, and can be considered under the topics of parliamentary taxation, civil liberties, and British military measures. The French and Indian War changed the relationship between the colonies and their mother country. A decade of conflicts between the British government and the colonists, beginning with the Stamp Act crisis in 1765, led to the outbreak of war in 1775, and finally to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Taxation of the American colonies by Great Britain was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. Before the French and Indian War in 1763, Britain imposed few taxes on the colonies. After the war, Britain was buried in debt, which ensued in taxation of the colonies by the British Parliament. In 1764 the Parliament passed the ...
- 1447: Streetcar Desire
- ... leave her poorly-paid, high-school English teaching position in Laurel, Mississippi before the spring term ended - she took "a leave of absence." Holding on to reality and her struggles in life in an unreal world of her imagination, she just had to leave for a while, finding nowhere else to go but to her sister's for protection. She directs the lights away from her face, lamenting: "Daylight never exposed ... uh, civilian background. How did he take it when you said I was coming? Stella: Oh, he's on the road a good deal. Blanche: Oh, he travels? Stella: Umm, mmm. Blanche: Good. A returning World War II veteran, Stanley was decorated for his service but now his job takes him on the road a good deal. Judging everything by the standards of Old Southern gentility, Blanche finds Stella's love ...
- 1448: Existentialism
- Existentialism Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play "Saint Joan ... Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existence. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of life was, and that the human being longed for some sense of clarity in the world, since "if the world were clear, art would not exist". "The Myth of Sisyphus" became a prototype for existentialism in the theatre, and eventually The Theatre of the Absurd. Right after the Second World ...
- 1449: Civil War
- Civil War The American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this ...
- 1450: The War of 1812
- The War of 1812 A primary cause of the war of 1812 was the rise of Tecumseh, believed to be backed by the British, caused an urgency for the Americans to expel the British from Canada. The War Hawks, the congress at the time of Madison's presidency, were pushing for the invasion of Canada, and an attack upon the savages who had been tormenting homes on the frontier. Madison never really ...
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