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During what had seemed like the end for most families life stock of money, most families got very depressed and went into poverty and this time of the world was no laughing matter and the name of this time was called “The Great Depression”. During The Great Depression everyone was in deep trouble , even people that were rich , and especially farmers. The reason Farmers and rich people got it the worst is because most rich people would put their money in the bank and then farmers would go to the…

Rick Peterson is a survivor of the Bataan Death March which was a brutal journey, but the ones that actually survived the march know how bad it was. I’m not going to go into much detail at the moment because you need to know little about the background. For starters the Japanese rounded up the Americans and Filipinos and forced them to march from mariveles on the southern end of San Fernando. The men were divided into groups that’s how the name became as the Bataan Death March came to be.…

The beautiful streets in Chicago were once burning buildings and smoke, the waters were once bridges leading on the flames, but what does Chicago look like now? The Great Chicago Fire was a devastating event. The fire left many areas in ashes, but now they have rebuilt their city into a modern town with many skyscrapers and monuments. Chicago's architecture has transformed the town because they have fixed the construction issues flaws of 1871, Chicago was built from ashes and now plays an…

During this week’s reading, my eye was caught by the actions of then-Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education II (1955). Even as he felt pressures from both the judicial and executive branches of government, he refused to comply with the new standards of racial equality. In 1955, the Supreme Court issued a decision on the case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education II, ruling that states must immediately end any segregation in their school…

increase taxes on the oil oligarchy that had previously run the state. He used the money to build schools, hospitals, roads, and bridges for the people of Louisiana. Elected to the US Senate in the depths of the depression, he was a critic of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ineffectual approach to the economic crisis and instead promoted his “Share Our Wealth” program. This program would have severely taxed the…

People often use isolation as a form of self defense because they fear the consequences of opening up to others. Holden is a teenager who has suffered a lot of trauma in his life, resulting in him feeling afraid of opening up to people so he detaches himself from everyone . Holden sees a family with a little boy who is humming and whistling contently and he says it “made [him] feel not so depressed anymore” (62). Just seeing this happy boy walking down the street makes holden feel better. Holden…

Prior to the attack of Pearl Harbor the general view was that this was a European problem and in Asia, Japan was invading places they had never heard of, so no one really wanted to get involved in something that did not directly affect them. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the American population wanted nothing but the destruction of the Empire of Japan. It was wrongly taught that the US also declared war on Germany at the same time. This was not correct, the US originally only declared war…

The United States is currently recovering from a really bad recession. The government was concerned about the rate at which jobs were becoming unavailable and more citizens were becoming unemployed. George W. Bush, the president before Barack Obama, did not have any answers to solve the past economic crisis. Was President Obama capable of accomplishing what George W. Bush struggled to accomplish? President Barack Obama is the greatest president in history. Some may wonder what makes president…

World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present, the poster was an ideal agent for making victory the personal mission of every citizen. Government agencies, businesses, and private organizations issued an array of poster images, linking the military front with the home front and calling upon every American to boost production at work and at home. Deriving their appearance from the fine and commercial arts and expressing the needs and goals of the…

J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye This book can teach you many life lessons. The book is about Holden Caulfield, a young man who has been through a lot. He is writing this story from a mental hospital, recalling the events that brought him to the mental hospital. The author is trying to prove that everyone wants to be the catcher in the rye, including Holden Caulfield, who is the main character. Holden loses his brother at a very young age. We will all lose our siblings or die before them,…