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  • Fdr's Response to the Great Depression

    Fdr's Response to the Great Depression

    FDR's Response to the Great Depression The stock market crash of 1929 set in motion a chain of events that would plunge the United States into a deep depression. The Great Depression of the 1930's spelled the end of an era of economic prosperity during the 1920's. Herbert Hoover was the unlucky president to preside over this economic downturn, and he bore the brunt of the blame for the depression. Hoover believed the root cause

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Causes of the Great War

    Causes of the Great War

    Causes of the Great War The impact of the First World War is still with us. In many respects the events of modern Europe are a direct result of what happened during World War I. Adolph Hitler himself was a product of the First World War. World War I also gave Russian communists opportunity to overthrow the government in Russia and proclaim communism. The events that took place in "No Mans Land" definitely had an

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    Essay Length: 695 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great is, arguably, the most famous secular figure in history. His magnetism in life was rivaled only by his magnetism in death, and the story of his career has evoked vastly different interpretations in his age and ours. Young romantic hero or megalomaniac villain? Alexander III of Macedon conquered all who stood before him, but usually in order to free the lower class. He did more to spread the Hellenistic culture than anyone

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: regina
  • The Life and Great Works of John Updike

    The Life and Great Works of John Updike

    The Life and Great works of John Updike An American novelist, short story writer and a poet, John Updike was a country boy with a great talent that needed to be unleashed. He wrote many novels and won many awards; his best works did involve the novels that told the story of a man's life. The best-known and most widely analyzed work, John Updike wrote a great series of novels depicting a reoccurring theme of

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • Martin Luther - the Great Reformer

    Martin Luther - the Great Reformer

    Book Report #1 Martin Luther The Great Reformer By: J. A. Morrison Revised & Edited by: Michael J. McHugh On November 10, 1483, Martin Luther was born. His parents were Hans and Margaret Luther. Martin came from a poor family. The Luther's were Germans. They lived in the Thuringian Mountains near Eisleben. Martin Luther was still a small baby when his parents moved from Eisleben to Mansfeld, where his father found work in the mines.

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    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander was born in July 356 B.C. to Philip II and his third wife, Olympias. The parents were far from a happy couple, and Alexander was raised primarily under the influence of his mother. At the age of thirteen, he was sent to study with Aristotle—an education that was for the most part formal. Aristotle promoted the belief that non-Greeks were naturally slaves, thus encouraging the prince's thirst for conquest. Ultimately, however, Alexander would reject

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    Submitted: March 2, 2009 By: Kevin
  • St. Isidore of Seville, a Great Catholic Saint

    St. Isidore of Seville, a Great Catholic Saint

    St. Isidore, was a great Spanish bishop, and lately in an interesting turn of events, he is now the proposed Patron saint, of the Internet. Yes, the World-Wide-Web. So, the next time you think that you will need help because your computer will crash, say a quick prayer to St. Isidore, and he will try to help you with your problem. You can even download a sound byte of the prayer. They are all available

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    The Great Depression Throughout the 1930's, the United States of America underwent its worst economic hardship ever. This struggle, known as the Great Depression, affected every aspect of American life. As the result of economic disparity brought on by the First World War and the great stock market crash of 1929, the depression sent America into a downward spiral into poverty. Businesses filed for bankruptcy, farmers were unable to sell crops, and banks were incapable

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of The Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually the entire industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression. The main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation

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    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • 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: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of The Great Depression 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 of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock

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    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a period, which seemed to go out of control. The crashing of the stock markets left most Canadians unemployed and in debt, prairie farmers suffered immensely with the inability to produce valuable crops, and the Canadian Government and World War II became influential factors in the ending of the Great Depression. The 1920's meant prosperity for Canada. Canadians living in the 1920's were freer in values, less disciplined, and concerned with

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    The American Dream has been around for many years. This has been the goal for many Americas, as well as immigrants throughout the world. The whole point of the American Dream was to achieve wealth, love, happiness, and power. In order to achieve the American Dream I was through hard work and determination. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was made during the 1920, which was a period where there was corruption and crime. The

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    Writing two years after Gatsby’s death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. Swarms of reporters, journalists, and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Wild, untrue stories, more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about the nature of Gatsby’s relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    In Jack Clayton’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the director uses several visual techniques to emphasize and heighten the illusion of the American dream. These visual techniques include: Framing, color, lighting & space. The most interesting type of framing repeated al throughout the film is the use of mirrors in trapping the characters in their surreal reflection. The director used this technique in more than one scenes, nevertheless this

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Max
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    Upon The Minds of Men As we read “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scot Fitzgerald we can undoubtedly noticed the criticisms he has made towards wealth and the American dream. He has made us wonder and speculate whether or not the pursuit of wealth is entirely a noble aspect of life and that we should consider our values before we submerses our self in the waters of greed. As strange as it may seem, Fitzgerald

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: David
  • Ramses the Great

    Ramses the Great

    He was still a young boy when his father became pharaoh. His father loaded him with tales of war and exposed him into the battlefield at a very young age. Their greatest aspiration was to reclaim the land lost to the Hittites and to build gigantic statues to their own godliness in the style of great kings of earlier dynasties. He stood five feet eight inches in height, had a strong jaw, a beaked nose,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economic decline ever in U.S. history. It began in late 1929 and lasted about a decade. Throughout the 1920’s, many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; the main causes were the unequal distribution of wealth and extensive stock market speculation. Money was distributed unequally between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture within the United States, and between the U.S. and Europe.

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Great Gatsby Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is deemed to be a true classic that will never be forgotten. The Novel is a timeless masterpiece that any era throughout history can relate to. “Though written in the 1920’s The Great Gatsby stands as... one of the masterpieces of the twentieth century American literature .” The book has “transcended its own age and turned into a timeless classic.” The novel may have been written to

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Daisy’s Character in the Great Gatsby

    Daisy’s Character in the Great Gatsby

    Perhaps the most important fiction work of the decade, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is an account of the self-absorbtion of the rich in the 1920's. Daisy Buchanan, the object of the title character's desire, is the most significant woman in the novel. Daisy resembles most of Fitzgerald's other female characters in her situation, personality and actions. The characteristics of Daisy and her social status are similar to those of the typical Fitzgerald

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Great Feat of Managing Stress

    The Great Feat of Managing Stress

    The Great Feat of Managing Stress Stress is a commonplace in every human’s life. It is inevitable that people encounter stress; the question lies in how they will cope with it. This paper offers information and self-help strategies concerning the stress response. The Great Feat of Managing Stress What Is Stress? Stress. For some, just reading the word makes their muscles tense. What exactly is it that makes brains tell bodies to react this way?

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Argument of Greatness

    The Argument of Greatness

    One of the greatest difficulties that historians and people in general face is the question of what to believe and what not to believe about the things and people of the past. This can clearly be seen in the case of Alexander the Great. This is a hot topic because depending on the sources that you are using and the people involved there are two very different arguments that usually surrounds the historic figure of

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau in Egypt, has been the object of scientific and archaeological study for over two hundred years. In this modem era of discovery, it is the last of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and the only one remaining. The Great Pyramid is singled out from all other pyramids. It is the oldest, and by the superior construction techniques over all the other

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Four Great Revolutions

    The Four Great Revolutions

    Reasons for revolution 1) People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government. People are also hopeful about the future, but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. E: The English population was prominently Protestant in religion and wanted to protect their religion, contrary to King James strong catholic beliefs that he was forcing upon the them. The people had also come

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early nineteenth century the United States had experienced recessions or panics at least every twenty years. But none were as severe or lasted as long as the Great Depression. Only as the country got ready for war in the late 1930s did the depression finally start to ease. Stock prices had been rising steadily since 1921, but in 1928 and 1929 they surged forward, with the

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Jessica

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