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Causes of the Stock Market Crash 1929

Federal Reserve increased rates 

lack of government regulation

the businesses lost millions  thousands of banks fail savings wiped out

unemployment rises people stop buying stuff

the new deal progmas start to make the government larger 

companies lose mon

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Assigned Blog - Templo Mayor

Templo Mayor was a sacrificial building belonging to the Aztecs. It was one of the main temples in Tenochtitlan, current day Mexico City made out to the gods. When it was first built it was relatively small. Over time it was expanded and made bigger

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1/24/12

Federal reserve incrased interst rates

The vicious cycle of the great depression companies lose money because nobody is buying products so they have to fire people to stay above water

McNary Haugen bill in 1924 senator charls l mcnary of oregon and rep

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Thursday, January 24th.

Causes of the Great Depression- Federal Reserve increased rates. Bank failures.

Effects of the Great Depression- The new deal programs start to make the government larger.

The Vicious cycle- Companies lost money so they laid people off. Unemployment ra

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Disscussion Blog

Mr. Hoch's Summary: People play a game and try to shoot a ball through a hoop and if they lose, they go to get killed.
The Great Ballcourt of Chichén Itzá is 545 feet long and 225 feet wide.
Chichen Itza which means “at the mouth of the well of Itza

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1/24/2013

Breadlines- husbands were the ones who usually went out to go get there food.

 

Apple venders- people would sit of street corners to sell apples at 3 cents apiece to provide food for the day

Okies – left Oklahoma and when to California

 

After the crash s

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Thursday, January 24

Native Americans-

Arctic-Igloos, Sod houses

Nomadic, followed polar bears and seals

Subarctic-would hid in little huts during winter

Northeast-canoes

Southeast-Farmers

Plains-Hunt buffalo

Southwest-Many different tribes, pueblos,

Great basin-Between rocky's

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Thursday January 24, 2012

Inca empire

central kingdom. capitol is Crisco. Around the 14th century

Agriculture

Innovative- implement terraces.

hand plows- Chakitaqlla

Potato's and Quinoa- main crop

Trade

potato's and textiles- mostly self efficient

Religion

polytheistic- Viracocha(crea

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1-24-13

Native Americans:

Artic:

-built igloos they lived in

-killed polar bears and seals

subartic:

-nomadic

-used snow shoes

-followed tribes of caribou

Northeast:

-built canoes because they lived by water

Southeast Indians:

-expert farmers because they had a lot of

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January 24, 2012 Aztec and Indians

Chinampa - farming in pots and controlled enviroment

Terracing - more farming 

grew maize and gourds 

used coco beans for currency

used copper tools

WHEEL!

polytheism

que..... serpent, god of wind

mentezuma - ruler 

obsidian - can only be mined with diamond p

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Thursday January 24

today we are going over mr.bruns' powerpoint again

  • McNary-Haugen bill
    • in early 1924, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon and Representative Gilbert N. Haugen of Iowa introduced this bill
  • Hoovers Ironic SpeechDow JonesThe New Deal
    Relief for the needyEcon
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Thrusday January 24

Aztecs

  • Trade-crops bean,corn,squash, wasn't crucial would go and conquer tribes and gave them two options provide human sacrifices or give food
  • Religion-temple of mayor largest temple, multiple alters to put live humans sacrifice them and roll them dow
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Thursday January 24

Aztec

-symbols were used for different numbers.  went up by 10

-calender

-wheat, corn.  Created artificial islands to farm on. 

-Lost power to the Spaniards.  Aztecs thought that the leader of the Spanish (Cortez) was the chosen one, so they let them in

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Jan. 24, 2013

Aztecs
  • Trade: agriculture, beans, corn, squash, was not crucial, would go and conquer tribes 2 options: donate supplies or clothing or provide human sacrifices
  • religion: temple of mayor, sacrificial place, would kill humans at top and roll them down th
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Thursday, January 24th

Aztecs

Science Advancements

-Calender (copied mayans)

Agriculture

-Wheat and corn

-Created artificial islands that they could farm on

Weapons

-Obsidian rock was used for spears

Trade

-Ag (crops- beans corn squash)

-Important but not essential because they took

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Thursday January 24,2013

Montezuma- gave Cortez the throne, emperor of Aztecs

create artificial Islands to grow crops

Religion hurt them

-volcanic rock more lethal than steal

Quetzalcoatl- serpent like god led to the demise

Indians counted on their fingers and toes

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Assingned blog 1

I am writing about the effigy mounds. These were mounds made by tribes that lived on the upper mississippi river.They made these mounds for different reasons but nobody is really clear of why they made them some say the buried people in them. They bu

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Aztec

  • Math Advancements
    • go by 20s instead of 10s
    • 4 flags would by 80
  • Science Advancements
    • calendar when to harvest
  • Trade
    • used crop beans, corn, squash
    • wasn't crucial would conquer others to get materials
  • Religion
    • Temple of Mayor - biggest sacrificial temple
    • mul
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Thursday, January 24th

Mr. Bruns is continuing Mop up operations. I don't have a whole lot I need to add. 

There is an artist who adds color to black and white photographs.

Hoover had a speech that sent a message that America would soon be almost perfect and stay that way fo

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