Samuel Gompers was a labor union leader‚ and a very influential figure in US History. He was the founder of the AFL‚ the American Federation of Labor‚ and served as its president for many years. Through this organization he hoped to fight against corporations for the rights of its workers. Some of the things that he fought for were shorter hours and higher wages. This is because a lot of factory workers were working a ridiculous amount of hours while not receiving that much pay‚ which is most certainly
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about basketball but this labor dispute had really nothing to do with basketball the game but everything to do with basketball the business. I had never thought of the NBA as a business before. Picking this dispute gave me a chance to dive into information and research on how the business side of things went. I also knew I would learn many new things as this term went on. The NBA lockout began on July 1st‚ 2011 between the NBPA and NBA regarding the CBA. The NBPA union represents the players in
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2007 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-J and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1
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DBQ #3 President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the thirty-second president of the United States‚ was a central figure for the United States in the 20th Century. While leading his country out of The Great Depression‚ he also led the nation through World War II. Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first President‚ led the country during the Great Depression and his policies enforced at that time eventually led to his downfall because of their inability to end the downward economic spiral. Both of these Presidents
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Monique Pitre Mr. Watson APUSH 9/6/11 DBQ The settlers of New England and the Chesapeake region may have migrated from the same origin‚ but that’s where the similarities end; by the 1700s‚ they differed socially‚ economically‚ and politically. As people began to migrate over to the New World‚ they started to adapt to the regions around them. This being said‚ it only makes sense that the settlers would adapt to the strengths of their geography‚ meaning that regions obviously differed. Socially
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Child Labor Have you heard of one of the causes of why children and adults died in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s? Child labor was terrible and needed to be stopped. In the 1800 and 1900’s‚ children were forced to work in factories in America. Child labor was hazardous and awful‚ and many actions were taken to improve working conditions and save the lives of children. In the 1800 and 1900’s‚ working conditions were deadly and cruel. First‚ many kids were working barefoot. They were barefoot
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The immediate addiction European citizens developed to the new sweetener drove the sugar trade between Europe and the Caribbean. In order to feed this addiction‚ slave labor in the Caribbean emerged‚ taking advantage of the islands which proved to be perfect for the growth of Europe’s newest drug. The population of Europe strongly desired sugar for sweetening imports‚ especially coffee‚ tea and chocolate. The citizens craved the sweet taste and demanded to be supplied with more of the drug. The price
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Throughout America’s history‚ few things have left the nation in such controversial turmoil as the Vietnam War. With an American death toll of almost 60‚000 troops‚ the Vietnam War has gone down in infamy as one of the most tremendous struggles Americans have faced both overseas and on the home front. Because of the tumultuous controversies caused by the war‚ Americans split into two social factions – those against the war and those who supported it. During the years of 1961-1975 - the era in
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Child-rearing was an evolving practice within the English upper class from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. A new adult view of children as mature‚ fragile and inherently good led to changes in the nursing‚ care‚ and discipline of English‚ aristocratic children. In the 16th century‚ much in accordance with the Puritan doctrine‚ children were seen as naturally evil beings. As stated by Robert Cleaver‚ a Calvinist Minister. Children were " wayward and impulsive inclined to evil."(Doc
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Homework During the 1800s‚ Great Britain’s empire expanded to many countries all over the world. They were a very powerful nation‚ spreading their influences to these countries. Their empire included India‚ parts of Africa‚ and other parts of Asia. Great Britain’s rule had both positive and negative effects on the colonies. Great Britain’s imperialist rule on the colonies had a negative effect. According to Document 7‚ the colonial rule Britain had over India was economically unfair
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