Document 2 is also a chart showing cotton yarn production in the same years as document 1, but in Japan. It was also gathered by a government power, making it trustworthy as well. As in document 1, it shows a huge increase in machine-spun yarn production, jumping from 5 million to 666 million pounds per year in 30 years. This shows how Japan also had a huge increase in production of cotton materials starting in 1884. Document 6 restates the idea in document 1 of the increase in machine textiles and the decrease of hand-weavers due to unmatchable competition with industry.
By collectivizing and industrializing the agriculture and industries. Stalin hoped to improve Russia’s economy through making production of food and materials more efficient. To assess how successful were Stalin’s industrial policies in developing the Russian economy one would have to measure the results by the production of goods and the quality of life as that is much to do with food production. By 1928, the USSR was 20 million tons of grain short to feed the towns. Industrialization was creating even more towns, increasing this problem.
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The 1920s were not such a positive time period in the US history. What made the 20s negative was farmers’ hardships, the overuse of credit, and re-rise of the KKK. American farmers were able to make profits during WWI because demand for war products was high. After the war, when everything returned to normal, demand for farm products also fell. Farms and factories that were prosperous during the war now faced difficulties to sell their products.
The massive number of European immigrants that entered into America’s east coast from the late 1800’s and on forever influenced the growth and development of the country. Fleeing crop failure, famine, rising taxes, and land/job shortages, many immigrants journeyed to the United States because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 27 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1920. The majority of the immigrants entered through Ellis Island, leading it to become the gateway to America and become recognized as a national symbol. Many of the immigrants, not knowing the way America worked, didn’t stray too far from the East Coast and moved into areas filled with people of similar languages, traditions, and beliefs.
Sherrie L. Smith Instructor: Laura Perry US History II (R62-S12C) February 4th, 2012 Political Tension In 1890s the depression played a large role of political tension. Government responses to depression during the 1890s exhibited elements of complexity, confusion, and contradiction. Yet they also showed a pattern that confirmed the transitional character of the era and clarified the role of the business crisis in the emergence of modern America. As demand for American goods and crops decreased, falling prices affected both the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Corn, wheat, and cotton farmers responded by planting more, which only worsened the problem.
Elise Vertefeuille RTVF10 April 1, 2012 Esther Duran Movie Analysis #2 Scarface: The Shame of the Nation One of the worlds most classic and artistic movies is none other than “Scarface: The Shame of the Nation” directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson, and written by Ben Hecht. “The controversial film was in the planning stages in 1930 - to be produced by versatile co-producer/director Howard Hawks and co-producer Howard Hughes” (Filmsite). However released in 1932 this film is set in Chicago in the 1930’s. With phenomenal actors such as Paul Muni, Karen Morely, Ann Dvorak, and Boris Karloff, it is hard to find this movie anything but engaging. In 1933, “Scarface” won the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, and was nominated in 1932 for Best Picture by the National Board of Review.
Urbanisation occurred due to better agricultural machinery, producing more food in rural areas, this accounted for a thriving population, however employment opportunities outnumbered population forcing people to migrate from rural areas to urban cities seeking employment from industrial factories (Jenkins 2002). Between 1811 and 1861 population in England and Wales doubled from over 10 million to 20 million people, (see table below). Population of the United Kingdom England & Wales 1811 10,164,256 1821 12,000,236 1831 13,896,797 1841 15,914,148 1851 17,927,609 1861 20,066,224 1871 22,712,266 1881 25,974,439 1891 29,002,525 1901 32,527,843 1911 36,070,492 Taken from Wood, A (1995) Nineteenth Century Britain 1815 - 1914. Longman Press Lack of public transport meant factory workers were accommodated near work. Dwellings that housed workers were subdivided to accommodate many people which meant families were forced to share one room, poorly built tenements housed the poorest, these had no sewers, running water or sanitation and were damp and dirty.
Much like Tsarist reforming leaders, Witte and Alexander II, a poor economic situation also significantly influenced Lenin’s reforms, showing a nuanced continuity between factors influencing reforms in the Tsarist and Communist state. The peasants were at first discontented by the reform, for” a tax of 10% was imposed upon the harvest” (Acton), leading to crop prices temporarily rising, causing a famine reminiscent of the Tsarist age, indicating little change. However a year later the grain harvest increased by 19 million tonnes, this proved to be significant as the impacts of the NEP allowed Russian society to become more self-sufficient, without the need for imports. The reform was also significant, as it encouraged the growth of a bourgeoisie in the form of NEP men; older Bolsheviks viewed them as a threat to the socialist government, yet they accepted that a middle class was a necessary step towards complete socialism. The view that Lenin’s reforms were significant, therefore is credible, for despite gaining a government that had been ravaged by two wars, and rapid inflation, after about eight years Lenin’s NEP encouraged great economic growth, thus consolidating the position of the Bolshevik government in Russian society based upon Lenin’s work as a reforming
However, even though Brazil is now achieving positive rates of growth in economic terms, the Brazilian economy has been plagued with economic deficiencies for the past 20 years. As a result, social problems have become abound. Background – Company Situation Banco Real was founded in 1925 as a cooperative to farmers. During the late 1990’s the Brazilian financial sector faced an unprecedented number of mergers and acquisitions. One of those, was the Acquiring of Banco Real by ABN AMRO S.A.