What Caused the Dust Bowl During the 1930’s‚ giant sand and dust storms hit the western horizon. Many families across the nation were struck with the Depression‚ however‚ families living across the Southern great plains were not only struck with Depression‚ but also by 300 dust storms that ruined all their land. The main reasons for the cause of the Dust Bowl were the geography of the Southern Great Plains‚ heavy machinery‚ and extremely dry climate. One of the main causes of the Dust Bowl
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the Native Americans‚ the Europeans‚ and the Africans after 1492 C.E. within the New World. When the Europeans and Africans began exploring this new world‚ there were a multitude of new plants‚ animals‚ and germs which were exchanged. This exchange caused massive devastation for the Native Americans as these natives had no antibodies to the diseases brought over by the Europeans and Africans. Along with this exchange came new cultural influences and disastrous outcomes. Also as the Europeans and Africans
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gone. Not only did the government lose money‚ citizens lost their own money too. The American people were outraged and knew that that was just the beginning of more disasters to come. The Great Depression of the United States of America‚ was greatly caused by Stock Market crashes‚ and bank failures which sooner led to boycotts and new foreign policies across the globe. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Black Tuesday had one of the biggest tolls that led to the Great Depression. In hours‚ the New York stock
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1. What does non-proliferation and disarmament in the discussion on nuclear weapons mean?(10Marks) A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that comes its damaging force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. There are many countries posses with nuclear weapon such as United State‚ Russia‚ France‚ China and United Kingdom. Non-proliferation and Disarmament is one program to prevent the nuclear weapon spread freely without any way of prevention. The non-proliferation
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Pitcher‚ confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell‚ broker‚ allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer. With a snappy "Good-morning‚ Pitcher‚" Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it‚ and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him. The young lady had been Maxwell’s stenographer
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distances of 400 kilometers from the epicenter. It produced record-breaking ground acceleration‚ which left sixty people dead‚ 7‚000 injured‚ 20‚000 homeless‚ and over 40‚000 buildings damaged in Los Angles and surrounding counties. The Earthquake caused the collapse of overpasses along the Santa Monica‚ Antelope Valley‚ Simi Valley‚ as well as the Golden State Freeway. In addition‚ numerous fires broke out due to gas line ruptures causing further damage to the
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The Peloponnesian War lasted from roughly from 431 BC to 404 BC. The two major players in the war were Athens and Sparta. Athens was a democratic state with a strong naval-based military. Sparta was on the other hand an oligarchical state with a disciplined land army. After the Persian Wars‚ Athens became more powerful‚ and the fear of Athenian dominance would spark the Peloponnesian Wars. However this thirst for power along with poor leadership would be the downfall of Athens. Sparta was the dominant
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Unilateral nuclear proliferation My partner and I stand in firm affirmation of the following resolution. Resolved: Unilateral military force by the united states is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation. I would like to share various definitions with you before I continue. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ Justified-having done for‚ or marked with a good legitimate reason. Prevent-to hold keep back. Nuclear proliferation is the increase in number; multiply weapons that run and emite
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attacked. Many Muslims were killed and taken out of the country and went missing. The Serbs soldiers took away many Muslims family and relocated them to camps. Many family were left with no information and did not know where they were. Another event that caused the killing of the Muslims was whet the Serbs decided to take over Bosnia. The Serb soldiers created many new laws and made many restrictions. Many of the Muslim’s rights were violated. Muslims men were targeted and the Serbs Soldiers captured many
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although African Americans were free they still suffered in poverty and discrimination. As a result they left the South to find better lives elsewhere. The movement of the African Americans to the North from the South was called the Great Migration‚ it caused the North to be over populated and not enough jobs for everyone. A couple of reasons for African Americans moving to the North. Prejudice‚ discrimination and poor job prospecting in the South obviously provided the strong push factors. (Source
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