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The Youth must have been very important to Nazi Germany and Hitler if Hitler had put such an emphasis on women giving birth. Birth-rate in Nazi Germany was much larger than any other industrial country at the time. These children were very important to Hitler though; it seemed as if he was looking for the…

Anson Shupe and John Heinerman. The Mormon Corporate Empire. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985. The discussion of the Church Security Program in this book is under a heading titled “The Myth of Mormon Welfare.” This is of the bat giving the reader a bias of not believing in the Welfare Program installed by the church, and…

C. Wright Mills tells us in The Sociological Imagination that “the promise of sociology is that it gives us the tools to better understand our own experiences by enabling us to see how those experiences -along with our thoughts, dreams, and aspirations- are shaped by the larger historical moment and by our social location (Mills).”…

How does a bastard, orphan, and unfortunate immigrant become one of the most influen- tial men in American History? Alexander Hamilton was a classic case of what “coming up from the bottom’” really means. By putting a pencil to his brain, he worked hard non-stop and rose up the social-political ladder. His persistent effect on…

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today at Stone Arch Bridge to commemorate the life of our founding father Alexander Hamilton. Even today, this great man’s ideas hold relevance as a living ideology to help solve our government’s problems. “Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.” This is the most famous saying…

Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born January 11, 1755, on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. Hamilton’s parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien, who was of British and French Huguenot descent, and James Hamilton, a Scottish trader. Orphaned early, Hamilton worked for a merchant on the island of St. Croix. Although Hamilton had…

Farmers across the Great Plains longed for rain during the spring of 1934. But day after day, the weather offered no relief, only intense sun, wind, drought, more sun, then gale-force winds. On April 14, massive clouds of dust blotted out the sun over western Kansas. At first the wind raced along the surface, tearing…

The Dust Bowl refers to the region of the United States that was greatly affected by drought in the 1930’s. From Texas to New York, Americans saw little to no rainfall, intense winds, and un-arable soil. Drought loosened the root system making it easy for the wind to whip up the topsoil. Intense wind lead…

The Civil War is a proceeding multi-sided chaos in Syria between the government led by President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition. Since its commencement in 2011, the conflicts have devastated the entire country due to its adverse impacts. Syrian neighboring nations, foreign countries and terror groups such as ISIS have played a critical role in…

Traveling consists of going to another town, state, country, or continent. It is an adventure that one embarks on whether it is done for a reason or for no reason at all. It contributes in the development of a person’s character and shapes them as a human being. Traveling forces a person of their comfort…