Herbert Gintis

Before Texas experienced its historical and great Oil Boom in 1901, Texas was deserted with only minor businesses in small towns and great acres of farm land. After the great Oil Boom first hit in Beaumont, the Texas landscape and the small towns in Texas changed dramatically. The oil industry grew rapidly and effected Texas and the people living in small towns economically, environmentally, and personally. Oil became the new “black gold” everyone wanted to get their hands on, but had its own…

In order to communicate with people effectively, people may need to resort to rhetorical devices that enable them to convey what they are trying to say in a powerful way. On March 4th, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his First Inaugural Address to the American people as he became the thirty second president of the United States. In his address, Roosevelt used a variety of rhetorical devices to inform the people that the Great Depression would be overcome through his leadership and decision…

When the dreaded “Black Tuesday” occurred in October 29, 1929, the entire United States economy collapsed in a single day. The sudden lost of stock forced companies to lay off workers and made wages go lower. President Hoover’s belief in the “Laissez Faire” policy gave assurance that the Depression would end soon but, in reality 6 million Americans were unable to acquire a job by 1931. Entire cities were filled with homeless people living and eating in unsanitary conditions. Millions of lives…

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, just after president Franklin Roosevelt died. He wasn’t a very successful president, but he was able to face steep situations. He had overcame with many difficult challenges. The main accomplishments was that he ended World War 2,and helped rebuild Europe. Harry S. Truman was born on 1884, May 8, in a farm in Lamar, Missouri. In his early life, he worked on his family farm and did other work before he became a soldier. When the united…

The Great Depression was so large and devastating that its title is its description. A depression, when talking about economics or history, means a time when unemployment is up, businesses go bankrupt and people cannot afford the basic necessities of life like food, clothing and shelter. The Great Depression affected the world but started in the United States. Americans were overbuying on a new idea of credit and installment paying. Stock prices started to fall in September 1929. October , 1929…

The original Capitol Building of North Dakota, built during the year of 1883, was not as tall or modern as the more recently built capital building, so when it burned down on December 28 of 1930, it was considered more of an opportunity than a loss. It was constructed five years before North Dakota’s statehood and stood for fair 47 years before burning to the ground. The Original Capitol Building of North Dakota was constructed to house the government of the state and to serve as a…

Hoover and the Crash HW TERMS & Names Herbert Hoover: Secretary of Commerce, he was also the Republic Candidate for President in 1928. He predicted growing prosperity. He made an agency to lend money to states, cities, and towns. In 1932 he lost to Franklin Roosevelt. Speculation: Buying and selling stocks in the hope of making quick profit. Buying on margin: Paid a small part of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowed the rest. The system only worked as long as prices rose, if prices…

By the year 1933, the United States of America had already blundered through more than three years of the great depression. Factual evidence clearly illustrates the failure of the great depression, “More than 11,000 of 24,000 banks had failed, destroying the savings of depositors. Millions of people were out of work and seeking jobs” (Nation Archives). Additionally, many were working at jobs that barely provided an adequate wage to live off of. The value of the American dollar doped and had no…

Richard Yao Mrs. Holmes Academic English 3 23 March 2016 Great Leaders Rough Draft Franklin D. Roosevelt, notorious fascist or eminent provisioner? Some politicians have criticised Roosevelt for centralising government power, yet what most people remember was his remarkable efforts in foreseeing and solving domestic issues. As the only United States President to be elected to four consecutive terms, Franklin D. Roosevelt has become one of the most prominent members of American politics for…

the room to the right of the investigators. It then moved quickly out of the doorway. “We researched the development of fog in interior spaces and found nothing scientifically that could substantiate what we were seeing on our infrared night vision camera that night,” said Todd. “The fog moved intelligently, we could not see it with our own eyes, and it seemed to avoid human contact.” One of the team’s favorite technological tools is the SB7 and the SB11 Spirit Boxes. “The journey these devices…