Changes in Business
The War had really caused the economy to boom. As the soldiers returned from war, all they had in mind was a peaceful life where get married, get a job, and settle down. The only problem was, factories had been pushing out equipment for war but the need for these items ended with the war. The soldiers came back to low paying jobs. Originally, labor jobs were done by individual workers but the 20's brought about many changes. During the beginning of the twentieth century brought large factories and assembly work. There was now no need of highly skilled personnel. The once skilled and highly trained craftspeople, who required large amounts of training, used to make more money. These workers feared that lower paid employees, with little specialized skills, can be used to do ...
George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens, he trained as a surveyor, and at the age of 20 he was appointed adjutant in the Virginia militia. For the next three years, he fought in the wars against the French and Indians, serving as Gen. Edward Braddock?s...
The Federal Government The Federal government also has three elements: executive (the President), legislative (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court) branch, and the three elements are checked and balanced by one another. The President The President is the effective head of the executive branch of government, head of state and Comm...
What was the Babylonian civilization? What was so great about this particular civilization anyways? Babylonia was a civilization that had a way of life that was so effective that it underwent relatively little change for some 1200 years. In the following essay, I will be discussing their daily life, their economy, government, the people and soci...
stems well back to when the new world was first discovered and was led by the country to start the African Slave Trade-Portugal. The African Slave Trade was first exploited for plantations in the Caribbean, and eventually reached the southern coasts of America. The African natives were of all ages and sexes. Women usually worked in the homes cooki...
The Egyptian, Hebrew and Greek Civilizations were all very significant early civilizations.While they all shared the essential characteristics of a civilization, rules/laws, system for foodstorage and Religious beliefs or system, they also differed in certain aspects of their civilization. The Egyptians, were one of the earliest civilizati...