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- 3731: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... workplace they could be arrested and brought back. The arresting officer would get a reward and the reward would be deducted from the Negros pay. In Alabama, blacks were also prohibited from any trade or business, except farming, without a license. In Florida, blacks who misbehaved could be whipped. South Carolina's new constitution read, "no person of color shall migrate into and reside in the state unless within twenty days ...
- 3732: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... into the southcentral region. Trade with the Indians for furs was important in the colonial period. Later, the transport and sale of farm products to Philadelphia and Baltimore, by water and road, formed an important business. Philadelphia became one of the most important centers in the colonies for the conduct of foreign trade and the commercial metropolis of an expanding hinterland. By 1776, the province's imports and exports were worth ...
- 3733: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... 42) but returned to Capitol Hill when Roosevelt recalled members of Congress from active duty. Johnson continued to support Roosevelt's military and foreign-policy programs. During the 1940s, Johnson and his wife developed profitable business ventures, including a radio station, in Texas. In 1948 he ran for the U.S. Senate, winning the Democratic party primary by only 87 votes. (This was his second try; in 1941 he had run ...
- 3734: Current Grading Systems Are Inadequate
- ... acceptable to do a mediocre job on tests and papers and still receive passing credit for the assignment. These lower standards in school can lead to larger problems in the "real world." If in the business world you were to do things rights only 70% of the time, chances are you would probably lose your job. If scientist conducted experiments correctly only 70% of the time that means that 30% or ...
- 3735: Marco Polo
- ... the Chinese bureaucracy was legendary. The khan could also observe for himself that young Marco was a good candidate. Finally, Marco reported back so successfully from his fist mission-informing the khan not only on business details but also on colorful customs and other interesting trivia-that his further appointment was confirmed. The journeys specifically mentioned in Marco's book, involving travel across China and a sea voyage to India, suggests ...
- 3736: New Technologies In Television
- ... as the first. Furthermore, unlike VHS tapes, DVD discs provide the nonlinear, near-instant viewing and previewing access that people enjoy with laser discs and compact discs. For strictly computer-based video playback, such as business presentations and games, DVD's MPEG-2 video is a dramatic improvement. If the video solution for DVD doesn't deliver a knockout punch to existing consumer video technologies, its audio accompaniment will. Included with ...
- 3737: The Great Depression
- ... were sold! Numerous stock prices dropped to fraction of their value. Banks lost money from the stock market and from Americans who couldn't pay back loans. Many factories lost money and went out of business because of this great tragedy (Drewry and O'connor By the 1930's, thirteen million workers lost their jobs which is 25 percent of all workers. The blacks and unskilled workers were always the first ...
- 3738: Hippie Culture
- ... titled "If 6 was 9" that described his oppression: "White collared conservative flashing down the street/Pointing their plastic finger at me/Theyre hoping soon my kind will drop and die...Go on Mr. business man/You cant dress like me." During Woodstock, the music festival in 69, Country Joe and the Fish sang lyrics that were both comical and intense: "What are we fighting for?/Dont ask ...
- 3739: Immigration
- ... competitive, labor-intensive manufacturing industries in the Western States. These Chinese Americans did not mix with other Americans they began their own cities such as Chinatown in San Francisco were Chinese worked, shopped and owned business. After 1882, only diplomats, merchants, and students and their dependents were allowed to travel between the U.S. and China. Before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the patterns of Chinese settlement followed the patterns ...
- 3740: Great Depression
- ... and prices remained constant, the bulk benefit of the increased productivity went into corporate profits. The federal government also contributed to the growing gap between the rich and middle-class. Calvin Coolidge's administration favored business. An example of legislation to this purpose is the Revenue Act of 1926, which greatly reduced federal income and inheritance taxes. Andrew Mellon was the main force behind these and other tax cuts throughout the ...
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