determined anti-apartheid activists. The next day‚ July 11‚ 1963‚ fourteen police officers and a police dog piled into a laundry van and entered Lilliesleaf‚ an estate owned by Arthur Goldreich. The men leaped out as the van stopped in front of the homestead and then quickly surrounded the building. Inside the home the police found Denis Goldberg. In an thatched-roof outbuilding‚ police discovered two whites and one Bantu. More significantly‚ as their search of the room continued‚ they found a six-page
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Midterm exam prep sheet‚ History 406W. 2-11‚ Spring 2013 Kurk Dorsey‚ Justine Oliva‚ Shawn Pirelli‚ Mike Verney The exam is scheduled for Wednesday‚ 6 March‚ 9:10-10:00 in Horton 210. You need bring only pens or pencils; we will supply the paper. Essay (50 points): You will be assigned one of these three questions. It should take about 25 minutes of your time to answer it‚ and your answer should have a clear argument that addresses the question and evidence drawn from the reading and lectures. Keep
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of the numerous railroads and corporations gave way to labor unrest. Eventually‚ the new “rugged” American refused to comply with the unfair conditions of the factories- so much so that many labor strikes ended in violence. When the homestead workers refused to leave‚ gun battle erupted. The Pullman strike‚ as well as Dewey Cox’s army had a similar ending. Eventually the ups and downs of the economic problems led to the depression of 1893 beginning with the stock market collapse. Jackson
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The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion Thesis: The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800 ’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. "Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations
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Andrew Carnegie 4. Mass production 5. Thomas Edison 6. Monopolies 7. Horizontal/vertical integration 8. Entrepreneur 9. Corporation 10. American Federation of Labor 11. Haymarket Riot 12. Pullman Strike 13. International Commerce Commission (ICC) 14. Steerage 15. Sweatshop 16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 17. Karl marx 18. Skyscrapers 19. Push/pull factors of immigration 20. Ellis Island 21. Angel Island
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Chavez was born March 31‚ 1927‚ on the small farm near Yuma‚ Arizona. Upon his youth growing into his manhood‚ Chavez was forced to migrate southwest to work in the fields and vineyards‚ where he was open tot he sufferings and inequalities of a homestead laborer. Chavez was able to become of himself a labor leader: a nonviolent activist: a community servant; and a spiritual figure before he passed away on April 23‚ 1993 (Cesar E. Chavez Foundation 1). To this day‚ Chavez is still remembered for the
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Eugene V. Debs – labor union affiliation‚ significant strikes 2. William Tweed – tactics used to influence votes 3. Public education – reasons for promotion; Pledge of Allegiance (purpose) 4. Immigrants after 1880 – origins 5. Election of 1896 – winner 6. Great Migration – who‚ why‚ where 7. Baseball cards – used to market what 8. “New Woman” – who 9. Settlement housing – what were they‚ founder 10. Election of 1892 – Populists’ nomination
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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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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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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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