The New Deal was a time in our history where women were starting to have positions in our government. As for the position of a cabinent member, Francis Perkins was the first woman to obtain this important position. She started out as a student at Mou
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The Civil Works Administration, CWA, was started on November 8, 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt; he put Harry Hopkins in charge of the program. The CWA was ment to give people jobs just to get some money in their pocket. There was about four million pe
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During the year of 1993 the United States Congress passed an act in an attempt to reorganize U.S banks. The act that they passed was the Glass-Steagall Act of 1993. The Glass-Steagall Act then established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corperation asl
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Top ten events of from 2000-20091. September 11, 2001- It is believed that on September eleventh of 2001 terrorists took over four air planes and tried to crash them all intentionally into important American buildings. Two of the planes hit The World
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1. the death of michael jackson. This is such a high memory for me for many reasons. Michael Jackson was a music icon he invented the moonwalk. Personally I was really bummed when I heard he was died its said that this was such a big events in that p
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1.) September 11th, 2001- Terrorists crash two passenger planes into the New York's World Trade Towers causing them both to collapse and killing 2,752 people.
2.) January 20th, 2009- Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the U.S, and be
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Top Ten Events of the 2000-2009 Decade, in My Opinion.#1 – First United States African-American PresidentBarack Hussain Obama was elected the United States' 44th president at 47 years old. Obama became the nation's first African-American president an
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1. Vom Maur- In omaha, the gunshooting happened with robert hawkins in the westroads mall on december 5, 2007. he killed eight people in the mall and himself.
2. cellular devices- Martin cooper invented the first cellphone in 1973, and he did that whi
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During the 1930s, America was obviously going through rough and difficult times. Entertainment was just what people needed during these times. Radios, and movies were making a big splash in economy.Nearly 90 percent of every American household contai
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Eleanor Roosevelt"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives
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Today we continues to watch the movie that we were watching yesterday. We still have to finish most of the questions like:Story of SMC(stock market crash)Black Tueday hit and the market fell tremendously. People then went and tried to sell thier stoc
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When reading chapter 15 one thing that stuck out to me was the social security act. The act came into effect in 1935, it was passed by a commity chared by Francis Perkins. The Social Secerity act, provided a pension for retired workers and there spou
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Today Bruns told us that we all did very well on our wtl quizes. Then he said that our web pages were going to be graded on Monday. Then we talked about the causes and effects of the stock market crash.The Causes of the stock market crash1. Overspecu
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Frances Perkins was born April 10, 1880 in Boston Massachusetts. Her parents were Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Bean Perkins. Her birth name was Fannie Coralie Perkins, but she decided to change her name to Frances. She graduated from Colombia Unive
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John lived in Atlanta for much of his early life where his father was an important banker, businessman, and civic leader. He went to college at Columbia University and studied at the College de France in Paris. He didn’t like the adverse effects of t
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Here is a list of my top 10 events that happended in the past decade.1. September 11, 2001: Terrorists hijacked two passenger planes and flew them into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. Both of the skyscrapers collapsed to the ground
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The social security act was passed in 1935.The social security act had three major parts.1) Old age insurance for retired people 65 years of age and older and their spouses. Half of the funds for this insurance came from the worker and half of it cam
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1. What were the causes of the stock market crash?2. What is pooling?3. Summarize the story of what happened that day.4. What did the Federal Reserve do to help the situation?we started watching a movie. We had to answer the questions above about the
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2. Story of SMC.on the beginning of Thursday the 24th the market began to fall, ( also called black Thursday.) it was one of the worst days in history. Richard Whitney the vice president of stock walked across the floor and asked for steel. the price
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If you learn then the grade will come eventually. Dont cheat it is bad. First itme is a detention and a zero. Second time is a saturday and a zero. be sure that you have your reflective and dailys done. Also get your five message board posts done.
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