Samantha Meyer Professor Mettler History 146 24 April 2013 The “Booms” of the 1950s After the war during the 1950s many aspects of life started to “boom”. The booming economy‚ booming suburban life‚ and the “baby boom” all occurred. After World War II ended‚ people had positive attitudes about life and wanted to have many children and create the perfect family. People believed their lives would now be prosperous and filled with happiness. Unemployment was low and the middle-class had money to spend
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received compensation from unemployment‚ acceptance on loans‚ and paid education. With this new profound bill‚ the returner vets began to feel as though they could settle down and finally start families. This eventually led to spark the Baby Boom. The baby boom was a time when many children were born during the post-World War II era. The very high increase in births during this time helped lead to high demand for consumer products‚ suburban style homes‚ and automobiles. With the increasing number
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LECTURE 17/ 08/ 2012 DR ROCÍO ORTUÑO CASANOVA ------------------------------------------------- POST-BOOM‚ MCONDO‚ CRACK: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER THE BOOM BOOM LITERATURE: García Márquez‚ G. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) MANY YEARS LATER as he faced the firing squad‚ Colonel Aureliano Buenda was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses‚ built on the bank of a river of clear water
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The Railroad Boom The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US. “Railroads were the first big business‚ the first magnet for the great financial markets‚ and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic
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“Nefertiti” the size of the bust is 19 inches high. The representation of the bust is 3D. The bust was found in Thutmose’s workshop in Amarna‚ Egypt. It is now present at the Neues museum in Berlin. Nefertiti represents the civilization of the east bank of the Nile River which was during the new kingdom. The bust was created around 1340 BC. The crafter Thutmose created the bust in his workshop‚ but the reason why the bust was made is unknown. It’s assumed that it was made to be a model to be used
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bold opinions on the matter‚ there are a few properties that‚ I believe‚ a piece has to meet in order to be considered art. The bust of Nefertiti meets these requirements. First I think that the piece needs to be created with some sort of aesthetic interest behind it. With the Nefertiti bust‚ this appears obvious to me. The sharp‚ realistic lines on her face and neck. The bust is made of limestone with a layer of plaster on it. The malleability of the plaster is important as it allows the artist to create
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Sam Lewis English Comp. Rough Draft Essay 2 October 8‚ 2012 From Brick To Brick From gothic to colonial to Queen Ann style there are many different types of homes in Quincy‚ Illinois. Quincy has a rich architectural history filled with many interesting designs and styles. Some of these styles include colonial‚ vernacular‚ Queen Ann‚ Gothic and Romanesque. One can distinguish between the different types of houses by noticing various features such as columns‚ roofing‚ chimneys‚ decorations
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Baby Boom In Canada there are is around thirty- four million people who vary in age. There are people who range from the age of zero to one hundred plus. More people come into Canada every year causing the average ages to go up and down. As our country gets older the people of the country get older as well. The further we advance into the future‚ more things are being discovered throughout the years. The baby boom in 1946 till 1964 has brought in a lot of babies‚ and ever since then they have been
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the boom in America was an electric time for most americans‚ life as just beginning but the life style of many americans led to the great depression. the first world war as the peek for most farmers because europe was in demand of agriculture and food. in order for farmers to meet the minimum requirements for the growing demand for food‚ machinery was invented such as tractors‚ but not all the farmers could afford the expensive machinery. many of the smaller farmers sold their farms to the larger
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