1923

Prohibition has been tried countless times and every time it’s been tried, it has led to unintended consequences like an increase in organized crime, incarceration to name a few. Our drug policy currently follows the crime-control model which leads to policies that emphasize the criminal justice system 's arrest and punishment of the offender as the means of deterring crime and repressing criminal behavior. Mandatory minimum laws are an example of this ridiculous high sentence for a non-violent…

match inflation. It wasn’t long until things got out of control and hyperinflation set in. This cause prices to go up tremendously, just for a loaf of bread it cost 163 marks. In September 1923, this had caused the prices to go up to 1,500,000 marks and they were at the peak of hyperinflation, in November 1923, the price of a loaf of bread was 200,000,000,000 marks. The impact of hyperinflation was immense, people were being paid by the hour and being rushed to pass money to loved ones so that…

Gehrig Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903. He played for the New York Yankees from 1923-1939 until a big moment changed his entire life. Baseball changed his life Lou Gehrig was born in the Bronx in New York. His full name was Henry Louis “Lou” or “Buster” Gehrig. When he was young, his two sisters died of whooping cough and his brother died at infancy. He was an only child so he helped his mother with choices. In 1923, Lou Gehrig signed a contract with the New York Yankees on April 30. He…

Notably in the United States, another way to oppress individuals, especially minorities is through the criminal justice system. The effects of the incarceration on this particular group is felt within the African American community; these individuals have adapted the mind set of not being able to trust anyone, especially the law since they are always targeted by police officers, who in actuality are given the power to protect and serve. African Americans’ not having the ability to fall back on…

Riverboat Orchestra, and they soon gave Henderson a job as a full time replacement, helping him land a job with the fledgling Black Swan label in 1921–1923.[5] Throughout the early and mid-1920s, Henderson provided solo piano accompaniment for many blues singers. He also led the backing group for Ethel Waters during one of her national tours.[6] Prior to mid-1923, Henderson's group was not technically a jazz band yet (more like a dance band), though its music was inflected with the ragtime…

individual’s personal experiences, both conscious and subconscious mannerisms that form his or her unique behavioural characteristics. (Kernberg, 2016). There are three major divergent theories that cover the spectrum of perspectives on personality. Freud (1923) asserted that one’s personality is not subject to change after the age of 5, at the conclusion of the Phallic stage of development. Later, McCrae and Costa (1994) presented the theory that personality only evolves to a certain extent and…

The collapse of the German economy was a consequence of the reparations Germany was forced to pay through the Treaty of Versailles. When the armistice of November 11th, 1918 was signed, one of the 34 terms held a promise that Germany would pay reparations to the Allies for damages resulting from the war. Six months later the Treaty of Versailles was signed with the reparations outlined but the total amount to be paid by Germany not agreed on/upon. The treaty only said that within two years…

essay I will talk about how significant and how insignificant Gustav Stresemann was between 1923-1929. I believe that Gustav Stresemann was significant to a certain extent. At some points he wasn’t all that significant but during a lot of other points he was very significant. Stresemann was appointed Chancellor of Weimar on the death of Ebert and served in this position around August 1923 to November 1923. After this date, he was to remain as Weimar’s Foreign Minister until his death. Gustav…

Georg Lukács concept of reification refers to the reduction of people to things. As Lukacs states in History and Class Consciousness, this reification is “crucial for the subjugation of men’s consciousness” (Lukacs 1923). Reification essentially objectifies and reduces human beings to things. This concept of reification is directly linked to Marx’s ideas about commodity fetishism. Capitalist exfoliation establishes the workers and products of their labor as objects. It is further developed in…

Chattanooga, Tennessee. She began singing in 1923 at a young age. In 1923 she signed a contract with Columbia Records. She became the highest-paid black performers of her time, with hits like “Downhearted Blues”. White people used to say Bessie Smith was to black, and that only pushed Bessie. Her life and her come back were cut short from a car accident outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi. She died from her injuries on September 26, 1937, when she was 43 years old. In 1923 she married Jack Gee…