American Madness Beauty Pageants Big

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Project

America.

Worked on by: Jarno Tuinstra.

Jan Eise Zwama.

Wouter Franx.

Class: 3TL1

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Wij (Jarno, Jan Eise en Wouter) hebben er 3 lessen over gedaan om dit te maken.

Inhoudsopgave.

American madness, Beauty Pageants big.

American madness, Beauty Pageants big.

Sports – American football.

Word war II.

Politics – White house.

New York.

Earthquakes (San Francisco 1906)

1. American madness, Beauty Pageants big.

A beauty pageant is a competition that mainly focusses on how the contestants look. But there are also parts were the personality, talent and answers to questions that the judges ask and the criteria of the judges. The beauty pageant is mostly for women and little girls, there are also contests for men but they are most likely about body building. Winners of beauty pageants are often called beauty queens. Beauty pageants for children mainly focus on beauty, sportswear modeling, talent, and personal interviews. Adult and teen pageants focus on makeup, hair, swimsuit modeling, and personal interviews. Possible awards include titles, tiaras or crowns, and cash prizes.

History of the Beauty Pageant.

The first modern American pageant was staged by p.t. barnumin 1854, but his beauty contest was closed down by public protest. He previously held dog, baby, and bird beauty contests.  In 1880 the first "Bathing Beauty Pageant" took place as part of a summer festival to promote business in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. There was the first time that girl/women needed to wear swimming suits during these pageants.

Purpose of the Beauty Pageant.

When beauty pageants began, they were viewed as "trivial events whose interpretation required no scholarly effort’’. Miss America, the first pageant of its kind, has made an effort to ensure that it does not appear as a stereotypical pageant. Pageants may be multicultural or racially specific, such as the Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Black America or Miss Indian America are for one race only. Another stated goal of pageants is promoting self-esteem and public-speaking abilities of the contestants. Winners of these pageants have said that they feel a sense of accomplishment. Some pageants are organized to raise money for charities. If a contestant supports a club it may be referred to as platforms. Some pageants award college scholarships, to the winner or multiple runners-up.

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2. Fast food restaurants.

A fast food restaurant, also known as a quick service restaurant (QSR) within the industry itself, is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service Food served in fast food restaurants typically caters to a meat sweet restaurant and is offered from a limited menu; is cooked in bulk in advance and kept hot; is finished and packaged to order; and is usually available ready to take away, though seating may be provided. Fast food restaurants are usually part of a restaurant chain or franchise operation, which provisions standardized ingredients and/or partially prepared foods and supplies to each restaurant through controlled supply channels. The term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by merrian webster in 1951. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mcdonalds_times_sq.png/220px-Mcdonalds_times_sq.png

Arguably the first fast food restaurants originated in the US with A & W in 1916 and White Castle in 1921. Today, American-founded fast food chains such as MC Donald’s and KFC multinational corporations with outlets across the globe.

Variations on the fast food restaurant concept include fast casual restaurants and catering trucks. Fast casual restaurants have higher sit-in ratios, and customers can sit and have their orders brought to them. Catering trucks often park just outside worksites and are popular with factory workers.

 Some trace the modern history of fast food in America to July 7, 1912, with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the automating New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart had already opened the first horn and Hardart Automat in Philadelphia in 1902, but their "Automat" at Broadway and 13th Street, in New York City, created a sensation. Numerous Automat restaurants were built around the country to deal with the demand. automats remained extremely popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The company also popularized the notion of "take-out" food, with their slogan "Less work for Mother".

Some historians and secondary school textbooks concur that A and W, which opened in 1919 and began franchising in 1921, was the first fast food restaurant (E. Tavares). Thus, the American company White castle is generally credited with opening the second fast-food outlet in Wichita , Kansas in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents apiece from its inception and spawning numerous competitors and emulators. What is certain, however, is that White Castle made the first significant effort to standardize the food production in, look of, and operation of fast-food hamburger restaurants. William Ingram's and Walter Anderson's White Castle System created the first fast food supply chain to provide meat, buns, paper goods, and other supplies to their restaurants, pioneered the concept of the multistate hamburger restaurant chain, standardized the look and construction of the restaurants themselves, and even developed a construction division that manufactured and built the chain's prefabricated restaurant buildings. The McDonalds' Speedee Service System and, much later, Ray Kroc's McDonald's outlets and Hamburger University all built on principles, systems and practices that White Castle had already established between 1923 and 1932.

3. Sports – American football.

American football is a team sport played by 2 teams of 11 players.

In the United States and Canada say men football in the other parts of the world say men gridiron football.

The mission of the game is to score with to bring the ball in the end zone of the opinion.

The game takes 4 times with 15 minutes

Scoring of points.

A touchdown is 6 points and is scored when a player is in the end zone of the opponent with the ball After scoring a touchdown they may kick the ball to the goal

A field goal is 3 points and is made by the ball from the field between the goal posts and above the bar to shoot.

A safety is 2 points A safety is taken by the defending team. This occurs when the attacking team is being pushed back into their own end zone and then the ball carrier is tackled or is driven out of the end zone.

History.

American football developed in the 19de century. Rutgers won the first game whit 6-4.

In 1869 was the first prof paid hired and in 1920 was the American profession football association shaped.

Professional American football.

The American prof competition have the most visitors in the united states.

The competition consists of two conferences, the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference. Each conference has four divisions consisting of four teams each. In total 32 teams do in the battle for the title.

Since a few years Vince Young scoort een touchdown tijdens de Big 12 Conference college football Championship Game

5. Word war II.

World War II , also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50 million to over 75 million fatalities. These deaths make World War II by far the deadliest conflict in human history.

The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate East Asia and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and Britain. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany formed the Axis alliance with Italy, conquering or subduing much of continental Europe. Following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories between themselves of their European neighbors, including Poland. The United Kingdom and the other members of the British Commonwealth were the only major Allied forces continuing the fight against the Axis, with battles taking place in North Africa as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic. In June 1941, the European Axis launched an invasion of the Soviet Union, giving a start to the largest land theatre of war in history, which tied down the major part of the Axis' military forces for the rest of the war. In December 1941, Japan joined the Axis, states and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific.

The Axis advance was stopped in 1942, after Japan lost a series of naval battles and European Axis troops were defeated in North Africa and, decisively, at Stalingrad. In 1943, with a series of German defeats in Eastern Europe, the Allied invasion of Italy, and American victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944, the Western Allies invaded France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the United States defeated the Japanese Navy and captured key Western Pacific islands.

The war in Europe ended with the capture of Berlin by Soviet and Polish troops and the subsequent German unconditional surrender on8 May 1945. Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on 6 August, and Nagasaki on 9 August. With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, and the Soviet Union having declared war on Japan by invading Manchuria, Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945, ending the war in Asia and cementing the total victory of the Allies over the Axis.

World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts. The great powers that were the victors of the war—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, and France—became the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers started to decline, while the de colonization of Asia and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to stabilize postwar relations and fight more effectively in the Cold War.

6. Politics – White house.

The White house is the home and workplace of the president of the United States. It is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C..  It has been the home and workplace of every U.S. president ever since John Adams in 1800.  The house was designed  by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted  Creek sandstone. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he with the help of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades (a row of columns that carries a roof) that were meant to conceal stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was put on fire by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and burning much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the part reconstructed Executive home in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic  was converted to living quarters in 1927. East Wing changes were completed in 1946, creating additional office space, the house bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were close to failure.  Under Harry S. Truman, the internal rooms were completely removed and a new internal bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt. Today, the White House Complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, East Wing, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which now houses offices for the staff of the president and the vice president and Blair House, a guesthouse. The Executive Residence is made up of six stories-the ground floor, stands Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The term White House is regularly used as a metonym for the Executive Office of the President of the United States and for the administration and advisers in general of the president. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. In 2007 he was second on the American Institute of Architects list of "America's Favorite Architecture".

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7. New York.

New York is the biggest city of the United States.

History

The area that now is called New York was first colonized by the Dutch. They called it New Amsterdam. In 1660 the English became governors. They changed the name to New York.

Geography

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The state New York covers 141.205 km2 of which 122.409 km2 country side.

The top of the mount Marcy is 1629 above sea level.

New York is bordered to the north and west to Canada

And the lake Erie and lake Ontario

Mount Marcy

Demography and economy

In 2000 has the city 18.976.457 people per km2.

The economy of New York is the second largest in the U.S. after that of California.

The gross product of the state was in 1999 (775 billion dollars).

Because the metropolis New York in the southern part of the state is so different from the rest of the state the area north of New York City is often called Upstate New York.

The religious affiliations of the population in New York:

Christian-68%

Roman Catholic-38%

Baptist-7%

Methodist-6%

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Episcopalist-2%

Lutheran-2%

Pentecostal-2%

Other-9%

Jewish-9%

Muslim-2%

Buddhist-1%

Other religious-4%

Non-religious-13%

7. Earthquakes (San Francisco 1906)

The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. Today, its importance comes more from the wealth of scientific knowledge derived from it than from its sheer size. Rupturing the northernmost 296 miles (477 kilometers) of the San Andreas fault from northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino, the earthquake confounded contemporary geologists with its large, horizontal displacements and great rupture length. Indeed, the significance of the fault and recognition of its large cumulative offset would not be fully appreciated until the advent of plate tectonics more than half a century later. Analysis of the 1906 displacements and strain in the surrounding crust led Reid (1910) to formulate his elastic-rebound theory of the earthquake source, which remains today the principal model of the

earthquake cycle. At almost precisely 5:12 a.m., local time, a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The great earthquake broke loose some 20 to 25 seconds later, with an epicenter near San Francisco. Violent shocks punctuated the strong shaking which lasted some 45 to 60 seconds. The earthquake was felt from southern Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada. The highest Modified Mercalli Intensities (MMI's) of VII to IX paralleled the length of the rupture, extending as far as 80 kilometers inland from the fault trace. One important characteristic of the shaking intensity noted in Lawson's (1908) report was the clear correlation of intensity with underlying geologic conditions. Areas situated in sediment-filled valleys sustained stronger shaking than nearby bedrock sites, and the strongest shaking occurred in areas where ground reclaimed from San Francisco Bay failed in the earthquake. Modern seismic-zonation practice accounts for the differences in seismic hazard posed by varying geologic conditions. As a basic reference about the earthquake and the damage it caused, geologic observations of the fault rupture and shaking effects, and other consequences of the earthquake, the Lawson (1908) report remains the authoritative work, as well as arguably the most important study of a single earthquake. In the public's mind, this earthquake is perhaps remembered most for the fire it spawned in San Francisco, giving it the somewhat misleading appellation of the "San Francisco earthquake". Shaking damage, however, was equally severe in many other places along the fault rupture. The frequently quoted value of 700 deaths caused by the earthquake and fire is now believed to underestimate the total loss of life by a factor of 3 or 4. Most of the fatalities occurred in San Francisco, and 189 were reported elsewhere.

Excerpten from ellsorth, 1990.