What Caused the Great Depression? The Great Depression‚ one of the most significant events in American history‚ occurred immediately after a time of great prosperity in the US‚ The Roaring Twenties‚ and was caused by a number of factors. Immediately following WWI the US economy began to experience a boom in growth and production. Most of Europe‚ the former capital of world commerce‚ was destroyed as a result of WWI which made the US the biggest exporter of goods on the planet. With the US now
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What caused the Korean War? The Korean War started in 1950 and took place in a time that was very known to war. The war ending in a peace treaty singing between USA and North Korea‚ the South Koreans never actually signed for peace. This is often said by the North Koreans as an excuse to carry on the so called war by having army troops all along the border. This may not be a surprise to many due to North Koreas well known extremism and overall lack of connection the rest of the world. This is an
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Boston Massacre occurred on March 5‚ 1770‚ when hostility between the Americans and British had reached its breaking point. During a riot in the town square‚ British troops fired into a crowd of civilians‚ killing five men. The Boston Massacre was caused by tensions in the American people that had built up as a result of an increasing sense of patriotism‚ pains brought on by British rules and regulations‚ the search for excitement‚ and religious passions. As tensions with the British increased
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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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subsequent explosion kills Karishma‚ Alice’s colleague on the floor below. Alice suffocates in the ensuing fire. Jake‚ a fire fighter‚ also dies trying to rescue Alice. The fire spreads throughout the office block‚ causing a significant amount of damage. Many employees suffer from the effects of smoke inhalation. When interviewed by the police‚ Bob admits that he wanted to kill his wife. However‚ he maintains that he did not want anyone else to perish or suffer injuries in the blaze. Answer both
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The host had plastic hair. At least it looked like it. It was so perfectly sculpted and shaped it would be difficult to think how this man‚ standing here with suit and microphone‚ camera pointed at him‚ could have anything on his head but a blob of jet black plastic‚ shaped to look like some snazzy hairstyle. Like new plastic‚ straight out of the box. In fact‚ everything around was new. New buildings‚ new technology‚ new people-all the products of a new government. I love our government! You can’t
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destroyed and sank in 18 minutes. This happened so quickly because Germany’s suspicions were correct as the passenger ship was carrying munitions being sold to England. They were struck by the u-boat and then exploded‚ immediately causing horrible damage to the ship causing it to sink along with 1200 people‚ 128 of which were American citizens. This incident was horrific and greatly impacted President Wilson’s decision to join the
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I. Introduction a. Why paper vrs Plastic b. The effects on our environment b.i. Paper b.i.1. Destroying our forest (http://web.archive.org/web/20070619104819/http://www.ecology.com/feature-stories/paper-chase/index.html) b.i.2. High level of consumption and waste b.i.3. paper polution b.i.4. Pulp Mills contribute to: b.i.4.a. air and land polution (Discarded paper is a major component of many landfill sites. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_paper#cite_note-epa-1)
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reserved. DOI 10.1016/j.mib.2010.02.006 This short review attempts to give a background on the polyhydroxyalkanoates‚ their variety‚ properties‚ versatility‚ applications and limitations. History For more than seventy years petroleum based plastics have been used in a variety of industrial and day-to-day applications owing to their versatility and durability [1‚2]. However‚ they bear negative attributes including recalcitrance to biodegradation [3]‚ toxicity after incineration and massive
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revolutionary wars‚ the fall of the French Monarchy‚ the unmanageable national debt‚ and the scarcity of food in the years immediately before the revolution. In the years leading up to the French revolution France was stricken with financial problems caused by the wars of King Louis XIV and the wars that he fought in the 18th century. The reason for the extreme amount of debt was the tax system of France was because France was a society
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