Post-War

extremely high prices because businesses were allowed to set their own prices. There was tremendous greed; however this resulted in the development of the American Economy. Josephson describes early businessmen as “Robber Barons” because during the post-civil war years, these people made tons of money similar to…

The Progressive Movement was successful in attacking corruption in post-Civil War America. Well first off, the Progressive Movement is the term connected to an assortment of reactions to the monetary and social issues fast industrialization acquainted with America. Progressivism started as a social development and developed into a political development. The early progressives rejected Social Darwinism. At the end of the day, they were individuals who trusted that the issues society…

Patterns of Modernization In Tramps and Millionaires, Ginny Jones states that “Economic inequality was nothing new in post-Civil War America. Since colonial times the vast majority of property and saved wealth…had belonged to a relatively small elite.” This statement opens the topic of the labor movement in the late eighteenth century that lasted into the early nineteenth century. The labor movement was caused by a combination of corporate monopolization, poor worker conditions, and the…

Mary Roberts dissects the post World War I, French societal view of women. In a socially tumultuous, economic changing French world, Roberts uses literature to determine the ideas and constructions of women. Robert highlights the war as a critical element in this manuscript, providing this and exponential technological changes as the backdrop for this rapid change. She investigates how the French used gender to navigate the changing social and cultural tensions after a war that seemly…

In post-World War II, organized labor faced a setback leading to its decline due to several reasons such as alterations in demographics and culture. This was contributed by decreased respect for the role of organized labor, its founders, and an alarming lack of interest in labor’s political and social implication where a decline in a sense of community was seen, for everyone felt better being independent rather than in a group (Rees, 2004). Secondly, government assumed custody of key union…

Corruption became unbelievably common during the post civil war years due to the railroads, meddling with stock prices, and through corrupt judges. President Grant played a large role in the “Era of Good Stealings.” Both him and his people caused a lot of corruption. One of the first large incidents that really made him look bad even thought Grant himself wasn’t involved, was the credit Mobillier Scandal. This was when the company was constructing the Trans-Continental railroad and sub-hired…

2010; Atwater 1895). Therefore, people used leftovers as much as possible. For instance, leftovers from the upper class were collected and sold in restaurants for lower classes (Evans, Campbell & Murcott 2012). However, during the period of post-World War II, the problem of food waste started becoming more and more serious. With the end of the wartime, people were no longer patriotic to conserve food for soldiers and armies. Thus, the consumer culture was changed to abundance and waste…

Introduction and Literature Review Post World War II Latin American countries were industrializing and moving towards self-sufficient economies. When economic stagnation crippled Latin America professional scholars, economists and national organizations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America sought to explain the unforeseen economic downturn. They found significant difficulty in applying traditional neoclassical economic assumptions in the Latin American case and as a…

Osama: I will sue the Hungarian Camerawoman, because of her I lost my chances to seek Asylum in Germany. “It wasn’t an easy trip" With these words began Osama, 52, his speech to the "Huffington Post Arabic," pointing out that what has increased the difficulty of his journey, “[the] foot trip made by the Hungarian Camerawoman [Petra László] in an attempt to stop me and my child Zaid from fleeing the [Hungarian] border police, she got us to the ground [and we were arrested] and that was the…

The possibilities are endless. The thought of the use of robotic limbs and superhuman capabilities are closer than you think. Yes, there is still much more testing and researching to be done before this is used in ways of war and modern medicine but I'm sure we will see new studies coming out in the coming years. For good and bad this technology can be used we just have to decide how and when we use it. Scientists continued exploration into science is helping us in more…