Brooklyn Eagle

How has technology impacted the Great Depression? New technologies have played a pivotal role in the development and prosperity of Canadian life post World War 1. They were responsible for saving millions of lives and helped alleviate hardships and struggles throughout the Depression. These innovations sparked growth through economic, domestic combined with medicinal applications and continue to provide modern Canadian society with ever-expanding insights. In retrospect, many Canadians today…

This branch of Judaism promotes and follows traditions that encourage joyfulness. “It [Hasidism] stressed joy in worship - Hasidic men dance in a circle for hours in festivals - and the study of mysticism, of seeking union with God,” (Brooklyn Daily Eagle). Hasidic Jews believe that they have an obligation to focusing on being in a state of joyfulness and that it will aid in being one with God. Moreover, Hasidic Judaism is also distinguished by their services in the synagogue. “The Hasidim also…

was circumvented when Mexico refused to sell their territories over to the American colonies. Infuriated by this Americans needed a solution to proceed with the goals of expansion so they decided to intervene. Walt Whitman, journalist with the Brooklyn Eagle exclaims, “Yes! Mexico must be thoroughly chastised!... Let our arms now be carried with a spirit which shall teach the world that, while we are not forward for a quarrel, America knows how to crush, as well as how to expand” A justifiable…

Transcendentalism was a religious and philosophical movement that began around the mid 1800s. Transcendentalist believed in a simple free state of mind. A person accepted these ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of understanding life relationships. They had faith and belief in that people are always at their best and are truly self reliant. All of their "self" knowledge came through imagination not their senses. Among all transcendental beliefs,their central belief was the presence of…

On October 22, 1939, the Philadelphia Eagles met with the Brooklyn Dodgers to play one another in the great game of American football (Allen). This game marked the start of something so big that nobody could have possibly predicted it. This game was the first football game to have ever been televised live. Just how many people across the United States tuned in to watch the very first televised football game that day? The number itself is quite depressing actually. Fewer than 500 people watched…

OK, for starters, she did not knock me out. The Gryffin must have when I was talking. OK ..I'm a half-blood... I don't get beat up by girls with sticks. (Natalie is telling me to shut up and tell the story) OK ..it started earlier that day. That day I went to this place called Camp Jupiter to visit my sister, Hazel. I would tell you where it is, but we can't risk anyone trying to find it. I'm sorry but if you tried, the Romans might think your a monster and try to kill you. On that happy thought…

The Roaring Twenties was an age that brought much political and social change to America, and specifically to New York. Throughout the 1920s, many Americans moved to cities to find work in factories and other businesses after World War I. After the war, real estate began to boom and tourism rose. This became an immediate cause for the expansions of highways and roads. During this period, newly developed technology allowed for the development of skyscrapers to be built, causing the establishment…

The first feminist movement started towards the end of the nineteenth century and centered on women’s right to vote. Before the movement, women were considered inferior to men and that was the normal way of life. Women were extremely limited when it came to their occupations, mostly either a nurse or a governess, a woman who cares for a child’s upbringing or education (Marks, 24). It is likely many more women became dependents who relied on extended family members to take for them as they had no…

Introduction “Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.” (Miles Davis NYC, 1959) Jazz music was brought to America by African-Americans in the early 1900s. Jazz performances were mostly in the evening. Jazz was not a revolution, it is a revolution. Miles Davis, a legendary jazz composer and musician, said that Jazz is a revolution. It left a positive impact on American Society in the 20th century. This kind of music is a hybrid between European-Western Music, African…

Teenagers have felt the pressure of drugs and the need for social acceptance for decades. Many choose to cope by internalizing their emotions or acting out. In the 1970s, one young teenager, who remains anonymous but is referred to as Alice, decided to document her personal descent into drug addiction in a diary entitled Go Ask Alice. While there is some debate on the authenticity of the story, the powerful message of the dangers of drug abuse remains relevant. For over forty years, this book…