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  • The Correlation Between the Great Depression, and the Depression of the Millennium

    The Correlation Between the Great Depression, and the Depression of the Millennium

    It has often been said that history has a tendency to repeat itself. This has most often been thematic with the state of our nation's economy. As with any other aspect of the nation, there are apparent parallels in two specific time periods of the American economy that resemble one another greatly. The correlation between the effects that led up to the Great Depression of the 1930's and the new Millennium's economic slump are uncanny.

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of the Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a decade of poverty for many United States citizens. Starting in 1929, The Great Depression was a rough time not only for the U.S. but for many other countries. There are many causes for the Depression but the main cause was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's and the extensive stock market speculation(Gusmorino, 1). Other causes were the unsteadiness of the stock market, short signed

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    Essay Length: 582 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression (1929-1941) In the roaring 1920s, the United States bathed in previously unheard of prosperity. Industry and agriculture alike profited from a thriving economy. However, the economy began to slow down in 1928, and the trend continued in 1929. Agricultural prices slipped, as a result of production surpluses and a downturn in business activity. Can't find your paper. Click here to get a custom non-plagiarized term paper from a top research company On

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was a novel written by an American author named F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1930s. The Great Gatsby is a novel that deals with the old rich colliding with the new rich, told through a man named Nick’s point of view. In The Great Gatsby, Nick makes friends with Jay Gatsby, who attained his fortune by bootlegging. Bootleggers were people who sold alcohol illegally during the brief ban on

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: July
  • All Quiet on the Western Front for Discussing the Great War

    All Quiet on the Western Front for Discussing the Great War

    At the beginning of the 20th Century, the great powers of the world engaged in the largest war concerning deaths in modern times. This war, which is often called the Great War, or World War I, had serious consequences that have affected our world today a great deal. Many great novels were written this century dealing with the Great War. One book, All Quiet on the Western Front, has been considered a classic and possibly

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Great Conversation

    The Great Conversation

    The theory of knowledge, known by scholars as epistemology, underscores centuries of ideas transferred and transposed from the minds of great thinkers. The very essence of epistemology as we know it continues to this day as a work in progress. The Great Conversation, as it is referred to by philosophers and historians alike, has been delegated to many men and women, and through each interpretation, a new link is branded in this chain of thought.

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Main Causes of the Great Depression

    Main Causes of the Great Depression

    Main Causes of the Great Depression Paul Alexander Gusmorino 3rd : May 13, 1996 The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Great Gatsby: Relationships

    The Great Gatsby: Relationships

    Relationships In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is an importance of relationships. They can be between lovers, friends, and families. The novel shows these, but also the wrong types of relationships such as people having affairs. People form relationships so they are not alone and they try to stick together through the hard times and the good times. In every relationship there are differing situations that affect the outcome

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Salary Expectation for an office Manager in Southern Illinois

    Salary Expectation for an office Manager in Southern Illinois

    After graduating from college in December, I will be working at an oil company in Southern Illinois where I hope to become the office manager. I have researched similar positions in the area to better negotiate my desired salary. The following information includes my research and conclusions. Field “Few roles are as integral to an office as that of the office manager” (West, 2006). The company that I work for is relatively young and shares

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Should You Expect to Be Managed

    How Should You Expect to Be Managed

    We have chosen a particular IT-related company offering a position whose description on their website boasting of a job scope which is precisely what we are looking for. However, we recognize that the work environment may not be one in which we would be able to adapt well and fit comfortably in. Hence, we decided to find out more from some friends who are working there, about the company's corporate culture, organizational structure and any

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • Small Scale Reflections of a Great House

    Small Scale Reflections of a Great House

    Ramanujan’s poem, ‘Small Scale Reflections on a Great House’, with it’s antithetical title is a catalogue of memories combining comedy and pathos while bringing out the truth that life is a journey comprising o joy, sorrow, success, failure, good times and bad times all stored in one’s memories The poem begins with the poet stating that the house retains everything that comes in. “Sometimes I think that nothing that ever comes into this house goes

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Wendy
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald/ Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald/ Great Gatsby

    The 1920’s, sometimes referred to as the “Jazz Age” or the “Roaring Twenties,” was known as a time of social change in rural America. In many aspects of life, women and men were changing their past accepted lifestyles and quickly adopting lavish lifestyles. Emerged during the twentieth century, one of the most notable writers of his time, F. Scott Fitzgerald, developed one of the greatest novels written, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald used his novels to

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Modernism in the Great Gatsby

    Modernism in the Great Gatsby

    INTRODUCTION What is real? In a modernist point of view the world shouldn’t be called reality. But if the world isn’t reality what is it then? What is reality in modernism? Modernism is a rejection of realism, which believed that science will save the world and where notion of science and social determinism is idealized. In modernism, science explains everything, which took away all the power of God, He became useless. In a way, life

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Key Points of the Great Depression

    Key Points of the Great Depression

    Who: the entire United States What: the bottom fell out of the market, and shareholders frantically tried to sell before the prices plunged. 16.4 billion shares were dumped that day. People who bough stocks on credit were stuck with huge debts, and others lost most of their savings. Why: because panicked investors unloaded their shares at the same time When: October 29, 1929 (by mid November investors lost about $30 billion) Where: the stock

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Top
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Progress is the advancement or movement toward a goal, or to a further or higher state. This is a principle that Alexander of Macedon applied to his age of reign. Alexander of Macedon is commonly referred to as Alexander the Great. He is considered one of the most successful military commanders in history. He was born in 356 and reigned from 336 - 323 B.C.E, succeeding his father, King Philip 2nd of Macedon. Alexander inherited

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Was Alexander really great? I believe Alexander was great because how many people actually keep his reputation of being great for as long as he has. Alexander's personality was outstanding, and the military strategies he introduced were like the nuclear weapons of today in ancient times. No one person in as small of a time frame as Alexander had conquered as much land as him, or earn the title of great. His reign was 336BC

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Why Amendment 33 Is a Great Idea

    Why Amendment 33 Is a Great Idea

    Why Amendment 33 is a Great Idea These are a few reasons why amendment 33 is a great idea for the state of Colorado. This ballot proposal for 2003 will create 25 million dollars in benfits for tourism (the promotion of tourism is Colorado). Next, Colorado will get to keep 61% of the profits made from the video lottery terminals; currently other states casinos give them a 14 % return (Confused). Third, this amendment

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Great Horned Owl

    The Great Horned Owl

    The Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owl comes from the Strigidae family. Its scientific name is Bubo Virginianus. Bubo comes from the Latin word meaning “owl” or from the Greek word for “eagle owl” used by the 1st Century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus). Virginianus, meaning “of Virginia” is where the first specimen of Great Horned Owls was collected. Some other names for the Great Horned Owl are; Grand-duc d’Amerique, in French, and

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything to be dry and flammable, then a fire broke out in the O'Leary's barn and spread throughout the city. Many attempts were made to put out the fire but there were too many errors and

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Nick Carraway- The narrator and moral arbiter of The Great Gatsby. Nick was not rich he lived near the rich people and Gatsby. He loved to watch the rich people live their life and watch all the parties that Gatsby had. He knew everything that was going on around him, but nobody really knew him or even noticed him. Nick rejected Gatsby’s offer because he felt that Gatsby was using him, he felt like way

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The novel the Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920’s. The decade of the 1920’s particularly in the United-States can be defined as one of the most recognized periods of time, seeing that the women in the American Society were no longer concerned with the ethical values. The women carried a rebellious behavior and they were caught up in the midst of finding the best suitor to pursue a life in the American Dream. The

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Max
  • Violence Within the Great Gatsby

    Violence Within the Great Gatsby

    Themes of violence and carelessness are found throughout the text of The Great Gatsby. A violent act is portrayed in every chapter of the novel but one; often, the episodes are the products of passion, but they are also frequently due to carelessness. Myrtle Wilson’s tragic death perfectly embodies the sort of negligence, passion, and power that hangs about calamity throughout the novel. The driver, Daisy, appears suddenly, kills Myrtle, and leaves suddenly, without taking

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Great Gatsby: Symbolism

    Great Gatsby: Symbolism

    GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay) The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption, murder and life in the 1920’s. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader, and this writer does this to the best of his ability. In this well-crafted tale, Fitzgerald presents a fast moving, exciting story, and to any typical reader it can be

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Truly Great Gatsby

    The Truly Great Gatsby

    The Truly Great Gatsby Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being out of the ordinary.

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: regina
  • How Wwii Ended the Great Depression in America

    How Wwii Ended the Great Depression in America

    On October 29, 1929, forever known as “Black Tuesday”, Americans were flung from wild parties, prosperity, and cultural revolutions into unemployment, poverty, and suffering. The Roaring Twenties was a time where the American people wanted to forget everything that happened in the Great War. Culture The night life soared jazz music gripped the masses and everyone danced their lives away with the flailing of limbs known as the Charleston. Economy Everybody bought stock every single

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Yan