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Essays 121 - 150
The radio was an important entertainment form. Television, in contrast, was just beginning to make its entry into the American ho...
In addition, "[M]ost of the major railroads failed" (Panic of 1873, 2005). While the public tended to blame the government, the c...
During the Depression, people simply made do with what they had. There was little if any excess income in most families, and peop...
place to sleep and food to eat. While the stereotypical liberal democrat may appear to be kinder, the Republican side defends its ...
America would accomplish this destiny "under God" (Manifest destiny). This belief would give America all the justification it nee...
deemed suitable: nursing, teaching, office work (until marriage), waitressing, and domestic service" (p. 475). There were the femi...
diverse. It is important to note that California, at the time the gold rush started, was not a state. Like many other territories ...
portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...
poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...
may not have gotten married (there is apparently no certificate of marriage ever recorded) (Gelfant and Graver 424). Samuel Lerne...
effect was worse due to the number of people who had bought their stock with borrowed money and were forced to liquidate capital t...
Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...
was in her teens throughout the final years of the Great Depression, 1929 - 1939. Her father was a barber whose business was not ...
were beginning to lose faith in the entire banking system, and to prevent a catastrophe, Roosevelt ordered the banks closed ("The ...
truly present itself as a state that truly marginalized such people. While California had always been a state, not unlike any othe...
and Medicare. With these policies people were no longer destitute if they were to lose their jobs. Legislation also sprang forth t...
Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...
with little respect for or understanding of any other generation that did not share in the same advancements. Harv just thinks Ma...
This paper addresses foreign policy decisions made by Roosevelt and relevant to Great Britain that lead up to a certain involvemen...
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...
the strong effect that a four percent unemployment rate and wage growth among low-wage workers can have" (Jaffe; Bazie, 2001; 9-25...
This research paper/essay discusses the effects of unemployment on individuals and society as a whole. Three pages in length, thre...
annual decline rate of 0.3% (BEA, 2008). There was a contraction expected as a result of lower personal consumption expenditure, ...
At the time of the election, the U.S. was in a recession with unemployment starting to tick upward. Clinton was able to focus on B...
such as the weak Euro has also increased the strength of the dollar (Walker, 2000). However, the suspicion of an economic downtur...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses anticipating inflation advantages in a macroeconomic consideration of Brazil and the U.S. wi...
are average weekly hours of manufacturing production (work week), average weekly unemployment claims, manufacturers new orders fo...
In eight pages this paper compares the 1987 and 1998 U.S. economies in terms of such indicators as inflation, the rate of unemploy...
Unemployment in America during this time period particularly as it impacted women and blacks with the return of US soldiers is dis...
there were quarters where there was negative real growth, indicating a recession. In 2002 the growth rate increased to 2.2% and th...