Rationing

the second World War was devastating the war by it’s end totaled approximately thirty countries whom had some involvement in the war. People all throughout Europe lived under specific rules especially slovic countries once the invasion began the rationing ceased and famine overtook Europe, bombing and economic crisis hung above the heads of the citizens. The citizens were still held to societies rules and…

In January 1933, some 522,000 Jews by religious definition lived in Germany. Over half of these individuals, approximately 304,000 Jews, emigrated during the first six years of the Nazi dictatorship, leaving only approximately 214,000 Jews in Germany proper (1937 borders) on the eve of World War II. In the years between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi regime had brought radical and daunting social, economic, and communal change to the German Jewish community. Six years of Nazi-sponsored legislation had…

Introduction The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of books written by William Manchester, a renowned biographer and historian. They first volume was Visions of Glory published in 1983, the second volume was Alone published in 1988 and the third volume was Defender of the Realm, co-authored with Paul Reid and published posthumous. The three books feature Winston Churchill, the famous British Prime Minister who led the Empire into the Second World War. Each of the three covers of…

Before Pearl Harbor, the United States had declared neutrality in the war. Before the attack, many people were on the fence about neutrality, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor no one was reluctant to go to war (World War Rationing). The United States had wanted to try and stay out of this war. They wanted to continue their isolationist philosophy by letting the European powers deal with this war while sending supplies when needed. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor caused…

Power can relate to a great number of things and has numerous applications. For centuries our existence has required power or force in order to progress to the society we are all familiar with today. When this power is abused by ones who are trusted with it history tells us this is when blemishes in human history have occurred. Such blemishes are depicted in both texts as the composers have created allegories of a historical context relevant to period they composed their texts. Neill Blomkamp,…

The Second World War was nearing its end, and the citizens of the United States were growing tired of war, and were tired of war rationing. Truman began his presidency by enacting the Employment Act of 1946 which created an Economic Advisory board for the Presidents as well as requested a sub report to the Congress 10 days after the initial passing of the Act. This legislation began…

December 7th, 1941 started as an ordinary day for many Americans, but they did not know what heartbreak was ahead of them. Women would be left without their husbands, and the United States would be left in destruction and emotional ruin. They would soon be thrust into a World War once again, when Japan staged a surprise attack on American installations in the Pacific. The devastating strike came at Pearl Harbor, and the event dramatically altered every American’s life. On December 8, 1941…

The United States relies heavily on groundwater as a source for drinking. As a result of contaminated ground water supply, citizens are at times forced to look elsewhere. As this can get expensive, hydrologists look for various alternatives. About 50% of the United States drinking water comes from groundwater wells. Contamination in such wells has become a major problem for those who do not have much of a choice to where they get their water supply. Hydrologists now have the tools to locate…

of communal identity and conformist behavior in his dystopian novel Brave New World. Huxley creates an experiment within the World State, controlling factors such as birth in a test tube, predestined factions, color of clothes, sanitation and the rationing of soma. He casts his characters as the variables in the experiment, utilizing the outsider John, the neglected Bernard, and the indoctrinated Lenina to examine their responses to the World State. As every one belongs to every one else, Lenina…

The Great Depression not only affected the United States of America as a whole, but it also affected Mississippi specifically. The New Deal was a way to get America out of the Depression and it was World War II that ended The Great Depression in Mississippi (Fleeger Lecture). The state went through a lot between the 1920s and the 1940s. The New Deal and World War II significantly altered life in Mississippi, leaving life in Mississippi to be changed forever. On October 29, 1929 the stock…