deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.(US constitution‚ 1787)” After the Civil Rights movement this law applied to citizens of black‚ white‚ Hispanic‚ etc origins. The only people these rights did not apply to were the non tax paying
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period of 1930 to 1935. The photograph shows a poor farmer and his wife who are both very badly dressed. They both look like they haven’t showered in days. The photograph is taken in front of a log cabin type house. There is a bag and a lantern on the wall of the house which could be used for hunting and means he provides for his family. This photograph was also taken after the Great Depression. The Great Depression made a huge impact on most farmers and many other citizens in the United States in 1932
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they had fallen‚ so they started to sell quickly. This caused the collapse to happen faster. The market stabilized for a few days‚ and then on Monday October 28‚ 1929 prices started dropping again. By the end of the day‚ the market had fallen 13%. On Black Tuesday‚ October 29‚ 1929‚ 16.4 million shares were
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White people thoroughly believed that if they were out of work.‚ then blacks were not allowed have jobs. In the south‚ lynchings had become popular; whether it was legal or not‚ people would hang others from trees to make statements‚ or prove a point . Most of these people would be from the Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK‚ and they
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“Money makes the world go round.” This adage is as true present day as it ever was. The ever-changing global economy is interdependent on technology‚ as it has evolved from inventions such as paper money and the modern assembly line and‚ when economies fail‚ the impact is worldwide. The stock market was an essential part of the American economy‚ and when it failed the effects lasted for many decades. John Law was born in Edinburg‚ Scotland on April 21‚ 1671‚ into a wealthy family. His father was
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achieved through the economic boom. People greatly valued materialism‚ hedonism and partying. This period of time is most commonly known as ‘The Roaring Twenties’. But with the prosperity of the 1920s came the downfall of the American economy‚ the Wall Street Crash of 1929. There were many causes for the stock market crash but some of the main causes were people buying stocks through loans which caused the value of the stocks to decrease and overproduction of goods which lead to a loss of profit. Overproduction
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The film industry was able to rush in a golden age of film by capitalizing on the need for Americans to have an escape from the harsh reality of the Great Depression; they were able to provide Americans with this escape from reality by utilizing the best of technological innovation of the time which included sound and color films. The film industry created an environment where Americans could pay a small amount of money to sit down and enjoy a film that took them away from the bleak times of the
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million shares a year were traded. On October 24‚ 1929‚ stock values dropped or became worthless rapidly. This started the most severe economic depression in North American history—the Great Depression. Today‚ that day is still remembered as Black Thursday. Black Thursday In the late 1920s‚ prices in the Toronto and the New York Stock Exchanges soared up‚ becoming very valuable. For example‚ in 1928‚ the price of a common share of the Dupont stock went from $310 to $525. The rising stock values encouraged
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By the turn of the 20th century mass transit had coalesced around electric power for street railways‚ subways‚ elevated railways and for interurban railways of around one-hundred miles or less. Animal and cable traction systems had already undergone mass conversions to electricity or been abandoned altogether where the financial investment was proving unworthy. Steam powered locomotives drove long distance railroads; by 1890 there was in excess of 130‚000 miles of mainline track in service. In the
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Is America Going To Have A Revolution In The Next Ten Years? Based on where America’s economic inequality‚ racial inequality‚ and police brutality is heading‚ Americans will revolt within the next ten years. Americans will soon be tired of getting treated unfairly in their government leading to violent and loud protest. Several graphs show economic inequality ‚racial inequality‚ and police brutality is occurring. The vast difference in the distribution of wealth between the social classes in the
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