treaty in 1887 granted the US to a naval-base in Pearl Harbor. Despite the growing connection to Hawaii‚ economic and political trouble was arising. Cultivating sugar crops‚ which was very profitable at the time‚ diminished their value after the McKinley Tariff in 1890‚ which created restrictions on the product. To resolve this‚ white Americans thought the best solution would be to annex Hawaii to the US once and for all. But this was challenged by their ruler‚ Queen Liliuokalani‚ who claimed that
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farmers‚ and the Cowardly Lion is politician William Jennings Bryan who is known to be all talk and no action. They travel along the Yellow Brick Road (the gold standard) to see the Wizard‚ who could represent President Grover Cleveland or William McKinley. “Oz” itself is the abbreviation for ounce‚ which is the standard for measuring gold. The green of the Emerald City represents the dollar. The Wicked Witch of the East represents bankers‚ and the Wicked Witch of the West‚ who during the story gets
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Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans offers a concise chronological drama of African Religion themes with Christianity and the black churches quest for freedom in America. In evaluating Canaan Land two strengths and one weakness will be analyzed and considered‚ separately. Following the evaluating will be the conclusion with brief remarks and recommendations. This book is thorough‚ insightful and filled with examples on how many of the African Religious traditions were fused with
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desire and ambition to be the queen makes her corrupt with evil that hinders her life. This is evident when she recognizes immediately that murdering Duncan is the only way of attaining her goal. Lady Macbeth calls on the evil spirits‚ saying‚ "Come‚ you spirits That tend
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After Macbeth kills Duncan he feels remorse and paranoia‚ but as time goes on he becomes more ruthless and insane. What the author seeks to tell us was that all choices in life will have consequences no matter how well you cover them up. By Macbeth murdering Duncan he reaped internal consequences such as insomnia and paranoia. He never received our modern day jail sentences but paid for his actions nevertheless. These consequences are shown in the text through the change of Macbeth’s thoughts‚ from normal
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and philanthropist. He was nominated for 48 Academy awards and 7 Emmy’s‚ holding the record for most Oscar nominations. Yes‚ I am talking about the one and only Walter Elias Disney‚ or Walt Disney. Walt was born on December 5‚ 1901. He attended McKinley High School until he dropped out at age 16. Although‚ Walt Disney‚ didn’t graduate high school he did however win honorary degrees from several universities such as Yale‚ Harvard and UCLA. Walt became the successful person that we know today because
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with Rodger Ewy and Bill Chafee. Following an acute lung infection‚ Barry soon switched to the University of Cincinnati‚ graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1954. As part of his undergraduate research‚ he did field work in the Mt. McKinley area in the summer of 1951‚[1] during which time he participated in Bradford Washburn’s expedition‚ reaching the summit on July 10‚ 1951 to claim the fourth ascent of the mountain and the first by the West Buttress route.[5] He met Lila Mueller‚
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is what really made everything worse‚ weakening the power of the President more than it ever has because by the end of the election‚ a president hadn’t been decided. This problem had to be resolved with the Compromise of 1876. Thankfully‚ William McKinley and Rutherford B. Hayes worked to strengthen the president’s power. Congress became the most powerful source of power‚ but they weren’t able to get anything done because its population was so evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. Since
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interest and they feared inflation‚ farmers and laborers who were being hit hard by deflation were advocates of the bimetallism currency. The debate over the gold standard culminated in the presidential election of 1896 between Republican William McKinley‚ an advocate of the gold standard‚ and populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan‚ who opposed it. Bryan‚ an advocate for free silver made a speech at the Democratic National Convention which became known as the “Cross of Gold” in his speech he spoke
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Theodore Roosevelt‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. These three presidents each shaped America into what they thought was the American Dream. The “American Dream” comes up in conversations from time to time and everybody has their different views of it. The “American Dream” is a set of beliefs that they would make this country the best that it could be and then some. The normal persons “American Dream” was to come to America and start a good life. Most of the people that were expecting a
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