How was Rudyard Kipling affected by WWI?The Propaganda War:While Propaganda had been used during wars, prior to the Great War, the scale on which it was used, had never been seen before. In Britain, the government set about recruiting some of the nation's best writers, tasking them with...
How were the Americans drawn into World War II? How did the American Revolution become a world war? How were migrant workers affected by the Great Depression? How long did the Great Depression last? What effects did the Great Depression have on the credit industry? How did defeat in World ...
The Knights of Labor was a workers' union that was first established as a secret organization in 1869 by Uriah Smith Stephens. The original name of the organization was the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. They reached the height of their power by 1886, althoug...
The War at Home How did the location of the “fighting zone” of WWI affect how the United States used their resources? Americans were very proud of their troops fighting over in Europe. People sang songs and gave money to support the war. Due to less men to farm, food was scarce. Ev...
During WWI, it was discovered that you can add a chemical called tetraethyl lead (TEL) to gasoline and significantly improve its octane rating above the octane/heptane combination. Cheaper grades of gasoline could be made usable by adding TEL. This led to the widespread use of "ethyl" or "...
Citizenship for Native Americans before the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act was hard to come by. Before the Civil War, only those with one-half or less Native American blood were offered citizenship. Most Native American women who had married U.S. citizens were offered citizenship by 1888, and in...
The Spanish Flu Was Deadlier Than WWI In the United States, “flu season” generally runs from late fall into spring. In a typical year, more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized for flu-related complications, and over the past three decades, there have been some 3,000 to 49,000 flu...
The U.S. recorded its first patients in the spring of 1918, all of whom were military men fighting in WWI. Almost simultaneously, in March and April, health officials in other parts of North America and across Europe and Asia reported cases, too, according to virologists. But newspapers...
AsianAmericans – 6.5% of Asians got methods in 2005; the top-three required methods for Asianamericans in 2005 were nose reshaping, breast Enhancement, eyelid Surgery Based on plastic surgery data, a growing amount of the plastic surgeons practicing are unqualified for that methods they perform....
3 Millions of Americans were infuriated and suffering by the late 1970s and early 1980s. Yet, few remember Fed chair Burns, who in his memoirs, Reflections of an Economic Policy Maker (1969-1978), blames others for the Great Inflation without mentioning the disastrous monetary expansion. ...