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F.D.R. And The Work Reform Programs
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 705

.... up in 1933 was the Federal Emergency Relief Act, (FERA.) This program was much different from the PWA because it didn’t create jobs it was more of a hand out. The federal government gave each state money to help their own state. The head of the state could do with the money as they pleased. When FERA went into play, the states set up their own program. They called it the Civil Works Act, (CWA.) This program told the people to go out and fix things that needed to be fixed around town, and then at the end of the week, they would get paid for it. Since there were no boss .....


The Depression
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 761

.... the stock m arket. The outlook for the future was great, but people failed to understand that economies can’t be on the upswing forever, it has to come down sometime. All of the signs of a depression were there; the farmers were producing too much, the uneven distr ibution of income, easy credit/huge debts, imbalance of foreign trade; people just didn’t notice them. Not until October 29, 1929--BLACK TUESDAY--anyway, when the bottom of the stock market fell out, taking millions of American lives with it. Even thoug h any didn’t admit it, they knew what was on the way. Pe .....


The Progressive Era
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 995

.... traced back to Liberal Republicans(An Oxymoron, Mr. Jetel?) during the Grant administration and Mugwumps. Citizens were enraged, with big businesses' growing influence in all branches of government and sought ways to purify it. Big Business was also a target of progressivism. During this time presidents like Roosevelt and William Howard Taft tried to regulate and control big business. Many well educated people of the time, as well as moderately prosperous businessmen and members of other professions(middle class) felt threatened by the increasing power of big business and t .....


Bombing In Oklahoma City
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1104

.... disaster in Oklahoma City. If this is the case, could they have done something to protect those in danger? Was a truck bomb allowed to roam our streets? And was this a “sting operation” that ended in tragedy? Officials deny these allegations, but evidence outlined here suggests they did know. Carol Howe, an informant recruited by ATF agents in 1994, reported that al least two months before the Oklahoma City bombing, members of a white separatist group had been staking-out federal buildings in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and that they had actually driven to the Murrah Building .....


Hades
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1379

.... mistress called Minthe whom Persephone later transformed into a plant. is also known as the god of wealth due to the precious metals mined from the earth. He has been said to possess a helmet that was given to him by the Cyclops. This helmet has been said to make him invisible. lent it to gods and mortal men. Perseus used the helmet on his quest for Medusa’s head and Athena, goddess of battle skills, put to use the helmet so the god of war, Ares, could not notice her. Persephone, ’ wife, is the goddess of spring and the Queen of the underworld. She resides in the unde .....


Dead Man Walking - Analysis Of
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 946

.... nun to give back to the community which gave her good Christian morals and values. By becoming a nun she was able to teach others to respect life and become more like Jesus (A Son of God). As a child Sister Helen was taught to be very supportive and to give this support to those who needed her help. When confronted with Matthew, Sister Helen tries to see the good in him and show him the respect she believes he deserves. She believes that there is good in all man and that every person deserves respect. Sister Helen understands that what Matthew did was wrong, but she also knows .....


Indentured Servants And Slaves
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 963

.... voyage, his or her spouse would be forced to serve their dead spouse's servitude in addition to his or her own. If both parents died, their children would be required to work until they were 21. When the boat reached America all servants were forced to stay onboard until they could pay the toll or have a master pay the toll, then they would serve that master for a set number of years (Gottlieb p 30). At this time many families were broken up. No master wanted the sick, so the sick would usually remain onboard until they died. The slave's journey was equally as harsh, if no .....


The Women's Civil Rights Movement
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1185

.... the Woman's Rights Covention of 1747. She was a leader in the fight for women's rights to own property and for divorce laws more favorable to women. Lucy Sten, who was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. Susan B. Anthony. She devoted her life to the temperance movement, (against alcohol) and the abolition cause (against slavery). She fought for women and black males to have the right to vote. She was arrested when she attempted to vote in Rochester, New York local elections. We built the Women's rights movement into a national organization .....



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