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    ECONOMIC DURESS DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN Introduction Credit crunch good news for the Bar? The Business Secretary‚ Lord Mandelson‚ has expressed concern that banks are suddenly and unilaterally changing the terms of credit facilities with companies making the credit more costly and at the same time charging the companies high administration fees for doing so. Can some of these arrangements be challenged on the ground of economic duress? Two requirements must be

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    During the late 19th century cities in America grew rapidly with many factors causing and challenging that growth in many different ways as immigrants moved from Europe‚ Asia‚ and even from southern states in America. New technology of improved conditions and automobiles led to opportunities for all people‚ and the drive for land throughout the west effected the development of most popular cities throughout the 1920s. Tycoons of companies were rising as technology improved‚ an inventor like Thomas

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    Change and Progress in a Time of Peace Change has always been an inevitable part of life. Sometimes‚ change is for the better‚ and sometimes‚ change is for the worse. However‚ the “long nineteenth century” introduced changes that were undeniably for the better and would affect the lives of everyone living in that era and those that came after it. Specifically‚ health‚ methods of communication‚ and feminist ideas experienced great change during the years between the end of the French Revolution and

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    Latin America struggled to achieve stability and reach prosperity during the 19th century because the government was improperly set up or political power was difficult to establish. Latin American power was divided by countries often resulting in conflicts between each other and dictatorships to be formed. Dictators tried to build the economy by pursuing free trade as opposed to economic independence. Trade supported the economy‚ however when the value of their raw materials and exports decreased

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    profitable for those in charge. This civilizing also meant a specialization of labor as many athletes became more professional with irreplaceable skills. American sports in the late 19th century are reflective of greater historical trends regarding industrialization. American sports became American over the late 19th century by gradually integrating rising class values into the creation of sporting rules and practice. The urban and extensively diverse atmosphere in which popular sports developed necessitated

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    reasons that the United States expanded overseas in the late 19th century. They wanted to decline economic opportunities at their homes. The United States was producing a lot more stuff than their limit in the United States. Everyone who knew about the overseas expansion‚ viewed it as greatness. They believed that lower class people needed protection and a government system which was Democracy. Also‚ the United States needed to expand  so they did not have to deal with overcrowding issues with people

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    voter participation during the late nineteenth century. It was generally very high––usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. Why did the federal government tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization during the late nineteenth century? Most American leaders‚ regardless of party‚ believed in the laissez-faire doctrine and did not support a large governmental role in the economy. Where was the Democratic Party strongest in the

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    grab of the late 19th century began as a result of industrialized Nations competing. Industrialization had previously begun in Great Britain and was most likely due to the fact that Britain had easy access to raw materials like coal and was more accepting of the middle class moving up. The small population in Great Britain also brought about innovation as the need force laborers grew. As Great Britain‚ Spain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Portugal‚ Italy and even the United States began to become more industrialized

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    After industrialization during the 19th century American life was never the same. Political changes included the need for government involvement in a Laissez-faire type of government involvement in business as well as the emerging of new political parties. There were also social changes the most apparent being the increasing gap between the poor and wealthy in the factories. Economics also transformed into big business owners‚ poor workers and low earning farmers in southern rural areas. The American

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    was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago‚ before commercial air and automobile travel. The development of railroads in America during the mid to late 19th century had a profound impact on the growth and development of the country by making personal travel easier‚ which in turn impacted the growth of corporations‚ changed how Americans perceive time and promoted the diffusion of technology and ideas throughout

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