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Rhetoric, Reagan, and the Outcome of the 1984 Presidential Election

The outcome of the 1984 presidential election is the topic of this twelve page paper. The term rhetoric is discussed in a positiv...

Labor and Its Impact Upon the Great Depression

In five pages this paper examines how organized labor affected the Great Depression. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparison of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

In seven pages this paper examines these two U.S. presidencies in terms of individual philosophies and the impact the Great Depres...

How the Great Depression Ended by United States Entry into the Second World War

to regulate financial markets to prevent the fraud and over-speculation demonstrated in the past decade. Next he initiated his no...

The Argument that "Oil Won the War" - World War II

This 7 page paper argues the U.S. oil production was a vital resource that contributed to the Allied victory in WWII. The writer e...

Walt Disney as a Role Model

His mainstay -- the inimitable Mickey Mouse -- evolved around the time of the Great Depression, when hopes of prosperity had peris...

The Way American Families Never Were and the Nostalgia Myth

Americans were actually upset over their own perceived decline of morality. And if you read headlines in the 1950s about juvenile ...

Soviet Union and the Economy of Russia Before and After its Collapse

In forty eight pages this paper presents an historical overview of the Russian economy from the days of Peter the Great to the Sov...

Peter the Great by Klyuchevsky

In five pages this paper presents a review of Klyuchevsky's biography and critically evaluates the author's portrayal of Russia's ...

Industry and Empire by E.J. Hobsbawm

In six pages Hobsbawm's argument that Great Britain was beginning the decline of its empire at the height of its economic powers d...

Industrial Revolution and the European Standard of Living

In five pages this paper examines Europe's especially Great Britain's standard of living during the Industrial Revolution in a con...

Social Welfare and British Poor Laws

In five pages the ways in which Great Britain's Poor Law Reform of 1834 represent a social welfare precursor are explored. Four s...

Great Britain's Industrial Revolution

In seven pages this research paper discusses the social impact of Great Britain's Industrial Revolution with such topics as family...

British Industrial Revolution, Its Causes, and Impact

In five pages this research paper makes reference to Industry and Empire by E.J. Hobsbawm in an examination of the late 18th centu...

Greatness of Napoleon?

In five pages this paper disputes the contention that Napoleon was great, and makes comparisons between him and Adolf Hitler. Fou...

Lloyd's Empire, Welfare State, Europe and British History

In seven pages England's economic and political structures and the effects of the Great Depression as portrayed by Lloyd's text ar...

Strength of Great Britain Following the Second World War

In five pages this paper presents the argument that Great Britain has not lost strength as some historians have suggested followin...

Transvaal Annexing by Great Britain

pages will demonstrate, the reasons for the annexation had to do with greed. The annexation did not work for any number of reasons...

Foreign Policy in Great Britain

In ten pages a broad discussion of foreign policy in Great Britain includes an examination of various offices including prime mini...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

Captain Ahab Character in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

appears on the scene, he is an imposing figure of a man whose scars tell the tale of his battles with nature and with God. "Threa...

Examining Three Plays by Arthur Miller

This 5 page paper discusses three plays by American playwright Arthur Miller. The three are Death of a Salesman, After the Fall an...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Respected Literary Reputation

In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...

Jay Gatsby, Monroe Stahr, Amory Blaine, and F. Scott Fitzgerald

This paper consists of five pages and examines how Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, Stahr in The Love of the Last Tycoon, and Blaine in...

Studying Interest and Inflation Rates

In this paper consisting of seventeen pages economic trends relevant to the 1990s are considered in studies emphasizing the United...

1929 to 1932 Period of the Great Depression in America

In sixteen pages this paper examines the events, government response, and societal implications of the first 3 years of America's ...

Causes of the Great Depression of the Thirties

great unresolved mysteries of the 20th century (Norton, 1997). When they do broach the subject more aggressively they often are v...

Analysis of the Great Depression of 1929

In four pages this paper argues that the Great Depression of 1929 was inevitable in a consideration of domestic and global economi...

Great Depression and Deception by the Media

In eight pages this essay examines the 1930s Great Depression and the optimist deception engaged in by the motion picture industry...