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When one looks back to the 1920s a glimpse of its reality could be related to, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The vivid colors, cravings for wealth, and extravagant parties all romanticized in the novel. Whatever it is People were looking to celebrate since WWI had just ended in 1918. People at the time wanted to treasure the importance of each and every day and wanted to live life to the fullest. The roaring twenties are remembered as a time of great technological advancements…

Cholera is a condition that is spread by eating food and drinking water that is contaminated with human feces. Individuals who contract cholera mostly suffer from vomiting, severe diarrhea, and cramps. These people may even die from dehydration within short periods of a few hours or even days following the appearance of the first symptoms. Cholera epidemics began as early as 1830s killing several US citizens, particularly Ohioans. Cholera is believed to have arrived in the US in 1832 with…

Out of the 27 amendments that have been passed and ratified, the 18th Amendment stands as the only amendment that had been repealed, or revoked. In 1918, the 18th Amendment stated that after one year, the ratification of the article would ban the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages into and out of the United States. Congress and states have concurrent power to enforce the ban (US Const. amend. XIII). The 18th Amendment was in effect from 1919 to 1933. This period became…

samples are different and is commonly used when the variances of two normal distributions are unknown and when an experiment uses a small sample size. The t-statistic was introduced in 1908 by William Sealy Gosset, a chemist working for the Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland ("Student" was his pen name). Among the most frequently used t-tests…

ALCAPONE A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era. Who Was Al Capone? Alphonse Capone, also known as "Scarface" (January 17, 1899 to January 25, 1947) was one of the most famous American gangsters who rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1934 for a tax evasion conviction, he had amassed a personal…

“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” This quote by Audrey Hepburn adds truth to the idea that an individual can reveal what they believe to be valuable qualities in a member of society through their judgements of their peers; if they say a person spending all day sleeping on a couch is good member of society, then you know that that individual values selfishness and unproductiveness over the opposite. Through voicing their…

sizes result in larger standard deviations with a flatter and more spread out distribution. This results in greater estimates of standard error. This is a problem. Slide 7: Let’s talk about beer. Yes, beer. W.S. Gossett, a scientist for Guiness brewery, pondered how each bale of barley affected the quality of the beer produced. As a result of his work, he produced the Probably Error of the Mean and the t-test Table which consider the differences between two groups by looking at their means…

Oh, The Places He Went Theodor Geisel wrote 44 different books in his lifetime. Although, you won’t see his name on any of them. Rather, you’ll see his pen name, Dr. Seuss. Many people know who Dr. Seuss is but not Theodor Geisel. They don’t know what Theodor Geisel was like as a person or what made him one of the most interesting writers in American history. Geisel’s biographical information and life experiences alone, give a taste of how interesting he was. Biographical information and life…

The MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) has been a topic that has been debated for quite some time now and probably will continue to be debated in future years. Some people think the drinking age should be lowered while others think it should remain at twenty-one years old. At the age of eighteen when an adolescent legally becomes an adult, and with this comes many responsibilities such as enlisting in the military and the privilege to serve on a jury. Reasons like these are why people think one…

of the feet and hands. “Jake Foot” is caused by drinking alcohol flavored with ginger root that was legally distilled. Since selling and manufacturing of alcohol was in the movement of becoming illegal, many people lost their jobs. The closing of breweries, distilleries and saloons obviously led to an enormous loss of jobs. There was also a loss of jobs among truckers, barrel makers, glass workers, and hospitality workers. These were personal negative effects of the Prohibition. One surprising…