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    These shareholders sold their profits whenever the stock rose and caused the stock market crash of 1929. Our lesson this week (DeVry University, 2016) mentioned that “by October 1929, the stock market began to slide downward and finally crashed, causing investors to lose millions of dollars the stock market crash led to bank failures, business shutdowns, and unemployment, and eventually it affected the world economy.” Globally, it people had lost most

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    Art World Expansion

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    or not, there is no denying that the LGBT community has come a tremendous way in the art world in recent years, and has shown a vast and continuing expansion that seems to be on a runaway train through history. From the cutthroat atmosphere on Wall Street, to the gentle and loving LGBT community, art has been expanding everywhere and will surely continue to do so for the foreseeable

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    The Wagner Act had great impact on industrial relations as the first part of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The National Labor Relations Act was created out of the necessity and demand for new foundations of authority and new forms of participation in the political dimension and legalization of industrial life (Selznick & Nonet, 1983). This statement supports the idea that people are the key to industry and they must be recognized and respected. Carrell & Heavrin states that the entire

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    On October 8, 1871 - October 10, 1871, the Chicago Fire, occurred on the westside 300 people died due to the wildfire. Many people that attended the Chicago Fire lost their house along with friends and family and the population decreased. Due to the Chicago Fire, many people lost, a cultivate items, family, and friends, most importantly they lost their home’s. The population was about 30,000 in 1850, it was tripled later that decade. Transportation was cheap on the outskirts of the city for the

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    At first glance, the basic values of US foreign policy seem confusing and very difficult to figure out. The main purpose of Foreign Policy is to solve international problems and prevent military action as much as possible. At first its purpose was to protect their commercial interests because our military was week. After WWI, United States were helping the countries who were not financially able to take care of themselves. They were saving money and selling their products that later when WW2 occurs

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    Northeast Ohio Summary

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    In this chapter, the author highlights the failing economy of Northeast Ohio. After the decline of the steel industry, the region lost tens of thousand of jobs and thousands of citizens moved out as a result. Although the region saw a slight boost in their economic growth, they were comparably slow to many other metropolitan areas in the country. Interestingly enough, the decline of a major American suburban area went unnoticed for several years. Several economists realized that the failure could’ve

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    The stock market crash was one of the most devastating things that has ever happened.This was one of the most sadest day for our economy.It happend because of the stores trying to sell their stuff for a lot of profit.We see evidence of this in to kill a mocking bird by how the cunning hams were poor.When the cunninghams son didn't have lunch money and scout tried to help. The day of the stock market crash was a catastrophe.the reason for the stock market to crash was the over bought market.the

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    The debate over the standard value of currency in the United States was an issue at the forefront of American politics from the suspension of specie payments until the passage of the Gold Standard Act in 1900. At the dawn of the Civil War in 1860 the United States government was using gold and silver as the standard for the value of currency. The United States could only mint as much money as they had in gold and silver, however during wartime this system began to falter because the government

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    The Stock Market is a place where people can chose to invest in public companies and possibly receive dividend when value of the company increases which is often measured by a shareholder by a share’s worth. People investing in companies can also lose money if the company invested in isn’t making money for itself. In this Economics project, students were supplied with arbitrary amount of money to buy stock and observe how the dynamic stock market works. With $10,000 I chose to invest mostly in TVIX

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    According to the book “The stock market Crash of 1929: the tip of Prosperity By Brenda Lange” Charles E. Mitchell the president of the country’s largest bank “National city Bank” simply before the crash, he had borrowed various dollars to buy a lot of stock in his own company, attempting to stabilize the worth of its shares, that had fallen from $500 to $200. He admitted speculating with the bank’s stock and was afterward investigated by federal authorities. He resigned in 1933 and also the investigation

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