The Korean War: Comparing textbooks
For this post, I will be referring to and taking notes from this article. It is a comparison on the contents of the Korean War from perspectives of different textbooks used around the world. The American media: North Korea Quote: “North Korea, is the last Cold War frontier and remained an isolated nation from the [...]
Filed under Cold Wars, Korean War | Comment (0)Comparing with the now
This post was made for the sake of comparing the Great Depression with the one we are having, or recently having. Politically: The Great Depression The US economy before 1929 was going on a great course Right before election time (March 1929) Republican Government seized control over market March 1929: Hoover of the Republican was [...]
Filed under Depressions, The Great Depression | Comment (0)Bibliography
MLA Citation: Here I will be putting down my references and where I got my information from The Great Depression Websites “A Photo Essay on the Great Depression.” Welcome to English. Feb. 2010 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS/depression/photoessay.htm>. “The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929-1939.” IWS.CCCCD.EDU – Faculty Web site Directory. Mar. 2010 <http://iws.ccccd.edu/kwilkison/Online1302home/20th%20Century/DepressionNewDeal.html>. “The Great Depression Timeline & [...]
Filed under Cold Wars, Credits, Korean War | Comment (0)The Patterns
Economically speaking, what caused the crash was very similar to what is causing our current depression. Patterns: Bubble stock/housing People followed – Pack/Wave Over excessive loans from the bank – eg: When one only has $1 but spends $10 Flipping the prices – Supporting the buying and selling with no real money involved More and [...]
Filed under Depressions, The Great Depression | Comment (0)During the Crash
The above two graphs represents the GDP of US history. The top one is a more detailed intake while the bottom one gives a more overall image. As you can see, the GDP dropped right after the market crash (Black Tuesday) during the 1929 but if you look closely, it wasn’t at the beginning of [...]
Filed under Depressions, The Great Depression | Comment (0)Numbers
While browsing, I looked into the hard numbers and looked to collecting these a bit more but just to update and keep to date: The Depression’s impact on the economy 1929 1933 Banks in operation 25,568 14,771 Prime interest rate [...]
Filed under Depressions, The Great Depression | Comment (0)Great Depression: General Summary of Events
A front page summary of events that happened during the Great Depressions. In other words, a more detailed timeline. 1929 Oct – After 6 years of prosperity and spending, the Republican government finally lead America into a massive crash in stock. (Oct 29: Black Tuesday) 1930 Mar – 3.2 million people lost their jobs (compared [...]
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