focused immediately on wage cuts‚ and decided on an 18%-26% wage cut. After the tax cut they both focused on putting down unions. With both plans set‚ the workers would have no choice but to accept what they have. Since the wage cut would rise some strikes and unions would form in order to raise the wages again‚ busting down all the unions would take away any problems. The ultimate goal for Carnegie was to put as little effort and money for the workers‚ and focus on the bigger picture of making steel
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Hurricane Andrew developed from a tropical wave that developed off the African coast on August 14‚1992. On the 16th of August it became labeled as a tropical depression and on August 17th it became a tropical storm and traveled northwest towards Lesser Antilles. By August 21‚ Andrew was midway between Bermuda and Puerto Rico and turning westward.On the morning of August 22th‚ the storm continued to strengthen and became a category 4 hurricane with winds of 175 mph. After briefly weakening over the
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Following Reconstruction in the war torn South‚ and the Sioux Wars in the West‚ America was enjoying an industrialization period unlike any other. Nearly gone was the frontier‚ industries coming in‚ with men gaining unheard of wealth‚ and having leverage in many affairs. With the Robber Barons in control over the nation’s economy‚ and men like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller‚ what occurred is that corruption and graft greatly influenced American industry and business between 1860 to 1900. However
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any other day in 1892‚ Plessy with his pale skin color could have ridden in the car restricted to white passengers without notice. He was classified "7/8 white" or octoroon according to the language of the time. Although it is often interpreted as Plessy had only one great grandmother of African descent‚ both of his parents are identified as free persons of color on his birth certificate. The racial categorization is based on appearance rather than genealogy. Hoping to strike down segregation laws
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Your name‚ the instructor’s name‚ the course number‚ and the date of submission are 1.0” from the top of the first page and leftjustified. Dates are written in this order: day‚ month‚ and year. Catlin 1 Beth Catlin Professor Elaine Bassett English 106 3 August 2009 Andrew Carnegie: The Father of Middle-Class America For decades Americans couldn’t help but love the red-headed‚ fun-loving Little Orphan Annie. The image of the little girl moving so quickly from poverty to wealth provided hope for
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large numbers of unemployed workers around? 11. What evidence exists that the Knights of Labor recruited women? Blacks? 12. What was the major tactical disagreement between the AFL and the Knights in 1886? 13. How did business respond when the 1886 strike for the eight-hour day successfully paralyzed most of the industries in Chicago? 14. Which would be the most accurate way to describe the events and their aftermath that occurred on the evening on May 4‚ 1886? Defend your choice. a. The Haymarket
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of the frontier was achieved by 3 groups: miners‚ cattleman and cowboys‚ and farmers. a. The Mining Frontier: California gold rush in 1848 started the beginning of a quest for gold and silver that extended into the 20th century. Gold and silver strikes in Utah‚ Nevada‚ Idaho‚ Montana‚ Arizona‚ and South Dakota kept people coming West. 100‚000 miners came to Colorado in 1859 when gold was discovered near Pike’s Peak. The Comstock Lode (over $340 million in gold and silver in Nevada by 1890) brought
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a period of three days‚ that is‚ from July first to the third‚ 1863. The battle is named after Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania where it took place. What began as meeting engagement soon exploded into an all-out war fought by over 170‚ 000 soldiers (Drake‚ 1892). The battle is a significant part of American history as it marked a turning point in the long fought civil war and the fate of the United States. Also‚ the war resulted in one of the largest casualties in the entire civil war‚ as two of the most
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US CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT Federalism- system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units Articles of confederation- he agreement made by the original 13 states in 1777 establishing a confederacy to be known as the United States of America; replaced by the Constitution of 1788 US Constitution- United States Constitution: the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified
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1. Sitting Bull- Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies 2. George A. Custer- United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. 3. Chief Joseph- Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservations. 4. Geronimo- Apache leader who fought U.S. soldiers to keep his land 5. Helen Hunt Jackson- a writer. Author of the 1881 book
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