Homestead Strike of 1892 The Carnegie Steel Company‚ owned by Andrew Carnegie‚ was highly profitable. In 1892‚ the company’s profits reached four and a half million‚ a new record. Carnegie’s company was the world’s largest manufacturing firm at the time. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers‚ founded in 1876‚ worked to gain better wages and work rules. Previously‚ the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers had been defeated at J. Edgar Thomson works in Braddock‚ in 1889
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people need more gun education and mental illness screening to prevent massacres. The second Amendment was intended to protect gun ownership of all vigorous men so that they could participate in the militia to keep the peace and defend the country if needed. According to the United States Code‚ a militia is composed of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age… under 45 years of age who are‚ or who have made a declaration of intention to become citizens of the United States who are members of
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there have been many recordings most famous is when Paul Revere took his midnight ride and warned all the townsfolk that the red coats were coming so most of them started a militia and got as many guns as possible. Even if we didn’t have a 1st amendment we would still be safe because of the 2nd amendment. The 2nd amendment allows us to bear arms if neccesary and allows us to holster a weapon/self defense gadget such as pepper
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The thirteen colonies struggled for independence in North America. The British made unfair laws without the colonies say in the laws. The colonies had to fight for their freedom. The British treated the colonists very poorly. For example‚ the British soldiers were involved in a shooting into a crowd. They claim that Captain Preston yelled “FIRE” meaning to shoot their guns at the colonists‚ but it turned out to be the colonists yelling “FIRE” because a bell rang that signaled a fire. Five colonists
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The actions of the colonists caused part of the war to happen because there were two different groups of colonists that were having conflict on who was going to own that land. The building of the frontier forts cause some conflict because the Militia group of civilians were told to build their fort by the Ohio river‚ but when they arrived they found the French already building their forts there. The fort necessity also caused some problems or conflict that lead to this war. While unexperienced
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They haven’t done anything wrong‚ they just happened to be at the right place at the right time. “Ishmael Baeh was 11 when his country‚ Sierra Leone‚ fell into a brutal civil war. At 12‚ he was separated from his family and abducted by a government militia that trained him to kill and kill often—in the most inhumane ways possible”(The Child Soldier on). A main problem with child soldiers is that adults are bringing children into war that don’t need to be apart of it. Children have nothing to do with
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THE HISTORY OF PAUL REVERE Paul Revere was born in the North End of Boston on December 21‚ 1734. His father‚ a French Huguenot was name Apollo Revere‚ came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time the married Deborah Hitch born‚ a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf‚ in 1729‚ Revere had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. Their son‚ Paul Revere‚ was the third of 12 children and eventually the eldest surviving
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rural South Carolina March 15‚ 1767‚ the son of impoverished Irish immigrants. He received no formal education as young child and became a messenger boy in the American Revolution at the age of 13. At the Age of 35‚ he was elected to the Tennessee Militia as a Major General.(LOC) The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8‚ 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. In this decisive battle of the American Revolution‚ the American forces were led by Andrew Jackson. After this
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bear arms is as American as apple pie and westerns‚ but it has and always will be a hot topic and the wording and meaning of the Second Amendment comes into question frequently. The currently accepted meaning of the Second Amendment is that it gives militias and individuals the right to bear arms‚ the right to own firearms (“Second Amendment to the United States Constitution”). However even though the right to bear arms is given to every American it can be revoked‚ many states have sensible laws that
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The Bear who has no arms Cannot Function: Gun Control in the United States Gun control has been a controversial topic throughout the United States. A huge problem with the American society is how important political dilemmas are presented. Gun control is all over media headlines; look at any major news channel and anyone can see how common issues about guns are communicated by news anchors and journalists. The information is represented in a bias manner that sways the audience’s views. In this day
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