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Meghan Hyer Mrs. Virginia Brown English 11 Honors 10 April 2024 The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti Life was easy for an immigrant during the 1920s. All immigrants had to do included simply assimilate into White culture, speak English, follow the laws, cause no harm, work hard and long hours, don’t complain, respect superiors, adopt White customs, promote democracy, and support the United States. Easy, right? Especially coming from a foreign country that functions completely differently. However,…

When Ellis Island was very first built there were many problems with the structure of the building and how it was built. These problems would come to impact Ellis Island the older it got. At first, the building was built with pine and a slate roof. In addition, there was not enough room for the amount of immigrants they were receiving. The immigrants had no place to stay when they were being processed, the lines that they had to wait in were too narrow and the roof was always leaking on them.…

Ecology 64: 534-545. Vielmetter, W., 1954. Die Temperaturregulation des Kaisermantelsin der Sonnenstrahlung. Naturwissenschaften 41: 535-536 Wasserthal, L, 1975. The role of butterfly wings in regulation of body temperature. J. Insect Physiol. 21: 1921-1930 "What Is A Thermistor? | Omega Engineering". Omega.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 19 Apr.…

Interest in dystopian fiction has surged in recent years because of the popularity and astonishing success of dystopian movies such as The Hunger Games (2012), The Divergent (2014) and The Maze Runner (2014). All three movies focus on the struggle of a community which is forced to conform because of a powerful governing system. Individuality as such does not exist due to the restrictions imposed on society. Readers and spectators alike are intrigued by tales of oppressive societies which deal…

Salvador Dali Masterpainter Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, Dali was encouraged to practice his art and would eventually go on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920s he went to Paris and met some cool dudes like Miro and Picasso which lead to his surrealist stage. He is perhaps best known for his 1931 painting “The persistence of memory”, showing melting clocks in a cool setting. The rise of a fascist leader Francisco Franco in Spain…

("Babe") Ruth, the sport's undisputed superstar. Up until the 1920s, Ty Cobb's defensive brand of baseball, with its emphasis on base hits and stolen bases, had dominated the sport. Ruth transformed baseball into the game of the home-run hitter. In 1921, the New York Yankee slugger hit 59 home runs--more than any other team. In 1927, the "Sultan of Swat" hit 60 home runs.” There would be a lot of disappointed sports fans out there if Baseball had not made its famous…

Elizabeth II was not guaranteed the royal crown considering her father was the second heir, after his eldest brother, Edward VIII. Despite the odds Elizabeth became queen following her father's death in 1952. Although becoming queen was not in Elizabeth’s favor, she has graciously accepted the royal throne for sixty-five years, making her the longest reigning queen in the British Monarch, whilst dodging threats and scandals, elegantly serving the British, with respect from people all over the…

For instance, ‘[he] forged the the paramilitary Fascist Movement during 1919-1921” (Benito Mussolini). Before Hitler had made Benito force the Fascist Party to be the largest party in the Italian government, Benito definitely came up with it himself. He gathered everything he had in order to create the Fascist Party. He was “[like]…

countries excluding Russia, Japan and the American owned islands in the Philippines. 1917 was also the first time those entering the country were required to pass a literacy test before being granted access into the country. The next major law came in 1921 with the emergency quota act. The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country to 3% of the number of residents from that same country living in the United States as of the U.S. Census of 1910. This meant…

A member recently asked me to look up two phone numbers, one for the Gillette Skirt Factory and one for Noah H. Gillette. Into the collections I went searching for an old phone book. I was not certain how early I would be able to find, but was thrilled to get 1908. The book covers much of the Central New York Region with each town/city having their own section. In smaller locales you would have just a listing of names, but for more populated areas, you would have actual numbers. I found Cortland…