Great Northern War

restructurings, and successions of triumphs against the conquering Persian armies. Only after a long and revolting war, Athens and Sparta were eliminated, and produced Macedonia as the prevailing power of Greece. City-states such as Miletus, Thebes and Corinth would also eventually a chief role in the cultural accomplishments of Classical Greece. During the Classical Period…

During the westward expansion of the 1860’s and 1890’s geographical maps show that railroad connections played a huge role in growth. During the early 1860’s when railroad connections also known as the “Transcontinental Railroad” were in the beginning stages, states did not develop at a high rate of speed. Amplifying the railroad connections bolster the reach of products fashioned agriculturally both for the production and sale. Increasing railroad connections west of the Mississippi River…

During 1929, The Great Depression a period of economic decline led by the stock market crash. The Stock market crashed because people were excessively investing money to double their value. Eventually, it reached the peak where it crashed. People lost all of their money, and their life savings. This had led to the Great Depression because many people were unemployed, and were financially unstable. People were unable to support their families because of the lack of jobs and not having food to eat…

Clive Staples Lewis (C.S. Lewis) was world renowned speaker, author, and christian theologian. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1898. He was not born in the healthiest city. There was inadequate sewer system, shortage of food, and an overcrowded center. There was several types of diseases, such as yellow fever and tuberculosis that cut an average life expectancy in half at the time of his birth. At a young age C.S Lewis announced himself as “Jacksie” and refused to answer to…

Shackling unemployment, nationwide famine, crippling poverty, climbing crime rates and a broken economy ¬– the great depression is perhaps historically the greatest threat to the United States which found itself struggling more than ever in 1932. The 1920s had been a time of great success for America. The country, in a post-war boom known now as the roaring 20s found had a growing economy, rapidly improving standards of living and a strong stock market that promised wealth to anyone that engaged…

and his grandson Asoka. During Chandra’s rule, he had fought Seleucus I and defeated him in 202 B.C., and set out to expand his territory through conquest. By 303 B.C. ,he had achieved more than 2.000 ml of land, as well as politically uniting the northern parts of India. Chandra was more violent about his way of ruling, having political assassinations, spies within his government, harsh taxes, etc. Eventually his rule ended, and was passed down to his son in 301 B.C., which he would rule for…

Women had obtained just the right to vote in 1920, but they still struggled for basic rights. Then the Great Depression hit with women being the last one hired and first one fired. Women often had stereotypical jobs, like teachers and nurses. Their income was also much smaller than their male counterpart. Colored women had the largest endeavor trying to receive respect in the workplace. There is even proof of editorials warning women that the workplace was for men only. The editorials also told…

have struggled to make a living because they had great difficulty in locating a job, let alone one that paid them a decent profit. Because of the racism that corrupted Americans, blacks were not considered part of society. They struggled by themselves without much help from others like thev have been doing for centuries. A great example of the hardships that the African American community faced is the era of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression everybody struggled, but nobody…

discrimination and segregation between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Although, discrimination still remains a reality in modern society, during the early 20th century the South was dominated by racial tensions…

talent possessed by his family, which was later used as a source of income, through the growing and selling of cotton (Howell, 1976). The act of growing cotton in the south plains became exceptionally popular in the year 1919 immediately after the world war, when a…