Yannic Tschaitschian January 11‚ 2008 Mrs. Shelton 4th Block Honors History Ten Days That Shaped America 1) May 26‚ 1637-The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War On May 26‚ 1637‚ English settlers under Captain John Mason‚ and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River. The fort only had two entrances‚ and anybody that tried to flee the fort was shot by awaiting enemies. The only Pequots that survived were those who had followed their sachem Sassacus in
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be a captain or at least be of assistance to their families and get that American Dream Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and Vanderbilt had. Andrew Carnegie’s‚ Gospel of Wealth‚ in 1889 concluded that it would be immoral for the men to hoard riches to themselves Furthermore recalling that‚ “his judgement‚ is best calculated to produced the most beneficial results for the community” (Document C). Carnegie was capable of placing his money where his mouth was and donated a total of $350 million
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Paul lives a life of conflict‚ feeling as though he has a life that is unsuited for him and he wants to live more extravagantly. Instead of pushing toward his goals by finishing school and earning his way to the top‚ Paul makes a very selfish decision. Recently after reading the story “Paul’s Case” I heard a song by Adele called “Chasing Pavements” which immediately reminded me of Paul’s Case. “Should I give up‚ or should I just keep chasing pavements?...” sings Adele. It takes patience and perseverance
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Author Mark Twain described the latter half of the nineteenth century as the "Gilded Age‚" meaning golden‚ because of the economic opportunities that America had to offer during these times. However‚ there were some people who sought success selfishly before attempting to revolutionize the economy. The men who took advantage of these opportunities were more robber barons than they were industrial statesmen. More often than not‚ greed overcame their decisions as capitalists. During the Gilded Age
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Being rich is a blessing that most people don’t have. Because of this‚ some of their money should be dedicated to help those in need of it. Philanthropists everywhere are the saviors that voluntarily donate their money. However‚ not every rich person is a philanthropist; it takes someone who understands the struggle in the lower class and truly cares enough to give back. The American self-made millionaire Peter Cooper devoted his time in later to life to philanthropy to better his society. Similarly
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In a sense‚ Vanderbilt and Rockefeller are captains of the industry but only by using a capitalist approach with intensive labor. Using false hopes for the immigrants that wanted a better life. Feeding them lies and poor wages which explains their robber baron intent. These men upon lucky made their wealth. The fact is that these millionaires trapped people into the notion that American dream to work hard and you too can obtain wealth. Understanding that social Darwinism implements the survival of
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Robert Browning’s quote “A man’s reach must exceed his grasp‚ or what’s a heaven for?” is very relevant to Dale Wasserman’ s play‚ Man of la Mancha. Characters are portrayed along the continuum with the realist as one extreme and the idealist as another. Browning speaks to the issue of these extremes and favors the idealist who has the capacity to perceive their reality as a temporary existence and allows for growth driven by imagination. A man’s reach should go beyond that which he can physically
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Dayton 500 worst Crash Dale Earnhardt was a great nascar driver‚ he won many titles for winning all of his races. He has a quote that i think is very inspirational it is “ you win some‚ lose some‚ and wreck some. Second place is just the first place loser. You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” Dale Earnhardt was 49 years old when he was in his crash and pasted away. He was traveling 180 mph when his car was hit from behind‚ turned around and smashed his front end of his rascar
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workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age was attempting to unionize. Industrial workers attempted to unionize as a response to pay cuts and dangerous working conditions. In order to maximize profits many industrial companies such as Carnegie Steel‚ lowered wages for
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are managed or subsidized by their states. The British Museum library of London and the Central library of Moscow are instances of public libraries. Again‚ many such libraries have been set up in England and America by philanthropic people like Mr. Carnegie‚ the American millionaire. Institutional library An institutional library is one which belongs to an institution such as a university‚ a college‚ a school‚ a chamber of commerce‚ a club or a governmental department.
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