The Great Wars

Essay Question: Was Hitler’s totalitarian rule one of great achievement or one of great depression and force. Ever since the treaty of Versailles on the 28 June 1919, Germany was left in a state of humiliation and despair with its society wanting of a dictator to bring them back to their former Glory. Adolf Hitler was the answer they were looking for and with Germany’s government struggling along with the great depression the people were eager for anything. But Hitler’s vision of the future of…

In the book The Great Gatsby nick thinks highly of Gatsby. Nick likes what's Gatsby has been and became. He thinks that Gatsby is a good person and likes what Gatsby has become. He thinks of Gatsby of a nice friendly person that people can get along with. Nick loved that Gatsby was such a caring person and always thought about others such as nick. When he and nick first met Gatsby was desperate to make nick happy. He wanted to become friends with nick. Nick loves that Gatsby has did good things…

Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II. Phillip II was the leader of Macedonia. Philip II was murdered His son Alexander the Great took over his role on the thrown. Alexander the Great continued his father, Philip II dreams as before he was murdered. Alexander the Great was very successful as a ruler. He had many goals as ruler and many of those goals lead him to be a legacy to the Western Civilization Once king Philip II was killed, Alexander the Great vowed to carry on Philip’s mission…

The Great Depression The great depression took everyone in the united states on a rollercoaster of anxiety and worry before it could possibly get any better. The crash of 1921: The diagram below shows how the stock market of S&P index rises and falls. It started off at about eight dollars, then dropped about one dollar. This was still happening but more towards the favor of the companies by going up more so than down. In 1929 the top 500 best public companies (financially wise) were at their…

have on war and architecture. The Persian Empire possessed strong and masterful skills that has allowed its empire to become the largest empire the ancient world has yet to see. Persia at its largest expanded 8,000,000 km which because of its grand expansion influenced the development of the royal roads. The royal roads were 1,500 miles long and are composed of massive stone which is…

the Great Depression. There are the poor people, and the top 1% that are rich, there is no middle class during the great depression. The Great Depression began with the stock market crash in 1929. This book is more about what happened to all the people when they got laid off and the large economic crash that affected everyone. This story is written from sixteen-year old Gordon Parks perspective and his life during the Great Depression. He worked as a bellboy with a two dollar pay. In the Great…

Trapped in the past The past is nothing more than a story we tell ourselves and time is an idea that can be described in different periods and aspects, either philosophical, psychological, or physical. In the novel, “The Great Gatsby” time flows irregularly for Gatsby. Dwelling on the past is a common occurrence for numerous people at some point in their lives, but some people are more prone to ruminating about the past than others. The characters of Jay Gatsby and Harold Krebs however, are…

Online Scavenger Hunt Great Depression 1. What is the gold standard? The gold standard is a monetary system where a country's currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold. 2. Why did the Federal Reserve raise interest rates in 1928 and 1929?The Federal Reserve was attempting to slow down stock market speculation by reducing consumer spending and construction spending. 3. What was the unemployment rate in 1933? About 25% 4. What were Hoovervilles? It was built by homeless people…

dreams and reality are so different. Dreams are also described as self-deluding fantasies in which some people cannot differentiate between imagination and real-life. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby falls in love with a woman who was not strong enough to wait for his return after World War I. She ended up marrying a man, named Tom Buchanan who was just as careless as she was. This woman was Daisy Buchanan. Daisy portrayed a character who was torn between her…

What did Keynesian economists believe in regard to government spending and the economy? Were they proven right or wrong during World War II? What were some of the effects WWII had on the American economy? The Keynesian economist believed that “government spending would spark economic growth” (Carnes and Garraty 602). It turned out that their prediction was found to be correct. The work of Roosevelt helped increase the gross domestic product by almost double within a span of about 6 years…