1924

Considered as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century together with Nelson Mandela, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vladimir Lenin and many other great leaders, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Ghandi, was a very famous political and spiritual leader in India, he was the one who accomplished the Indian independence which his nation hoped for such a long time. He was the one who lead the campaign…

illegal immigration to be an issue. As a matter of fact, up until 1914, points of entry were left largely unprotected and members of society were able to freely come and go. The beginning of security implementation came with the Immigration Act of 1924. From this point on, anybody entering the country without permission was considered to be an illegal immigrant. As the years passed, an influx of people were making their way into the country and a shortage of labor in world war two led the United…

The Weimar Republic, born in January 1919, was Germany’s first-ever democratic government. From the dawn of the new government until its end in January 1933, Germany faced numerous challenging problems that some argue could not have been overcome without the new republic taking action. The creation of a democracy was a huge step for German society, which had been a monarchy for hundreds of years. Some welcomed the new rights and freedoms but others were against change; nationalist parties and…

Victor Herbert (1859-1924). At age 19 he had played as a cellist with every major orchestra in Germany. He was one of the greatest influences on American theater, bringing it from vaudeville to more operatic, story-based works. His first composition which showed he was a reputable composer was his Suite for Cello and Orchestra, Op.3. Herbert’s works were known for their mix of European Romanticism and American Tradition. He also worked as the composer of the first original background film score…

personally visited the MoMA and as I was looking around I saw lots of paintings and sculptures, but the one caught my attention was the three-dimensional painting by the artist named Max Ernst called Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale dated ca. 1924, made in oil on wood with painted wood elements and frame. The painting caught my attention because it is two in one picture, what I mean is this art was made as regular picture using color and brush than Ernst…

The Continued Fight of Feminism in the 1930s-1950s: Housewives in Theory, Not in Action The period between what is thought of as the first and second waves of feminism popularly shows women as happy housewives, which might seem odd since suffrage was just granted and women should want to use their new political power to expand their roles, yet the expansion of women’s rights does not happen again until the 1960s. So what caused this change from a strong suffragette to a delicate housewife? To…

classified as not being able to cope with modern, urban society. “But recent scholarship shows that Klan members were a cross-section of native Protestants; many were women, and many came from urban areas” (Digital History, 2014). At the KKK’s peak during 1924, they had control of 24 of the 48 state legislators, and could control who was nominated to run. Today, the Klan still shows lasting effects, as many counties in the south, where the KKK was most popular, are more likely to vote…

In 1924 a movement called Surrealism was born. The movement followed an art form called Dadaism, which expressed art from a cynical more anti-art approach. But unlike Dadaism, Surrealism was more positive and approached art with fantasy and illogical imagery. A French writer named Andre Breton would be the founder of the movement. Breton had this to say about his movement: “I believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a…

Allstar Brands Corporation, Allround Brand introduction Allstar Brands Corporation has become one of the leading manufacturers of packaged goods in the world, founded in 1924, the Allstar Brands Medicine Group has obtained or merged with many smaller companies. As a leader of over the counter (OTC) cold and allergy remedy, the company’s history of success consists on its Pharmaceuticals Division’s critical long-term strategic plan which helps maintain its cash flow from different periods of time…

mistaken. “The British South Africa Company sent an agent to work with Lewanika in 1897, but within a few years, the British ruled the area directly and called it Northern Rhodesia. The British government took direct control of the protectorate in 1924, which was just in time for the discovery of extensive copper resources in the north a few years later” (“Zambia”). So, due to the fear of other invaders and enemies, no organized kingdom, and natural catastrophes, the British were able to…