same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: "Public citizen‚ patron of literature and art‚ prince among merchants‚ who by his skill‚ wisdom and courage‚ has twice in times of stress repelled a national danger of financial panic." But Robert LaFollette‚ the Wisconsin progressive‚ saw him as "a beefy‚ red-faced thick-necked financial bully‚ drunk with wealth and power." Despite conflicting opinion on his persona‚ his influence and character shaped the business world more
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As urban industrial workers expanded in the 19th century‚ industry and the industrial work force boomed as well. Workers ‚ however‚ were met with difficult situations that ultimately led to violent outbursts. Low wages could not buy food and clothes at the same time and conditions in the work place brought about countless deaths and injuries. Growing number of immigrants caused the reduction of wages and insecurity of the workers caused unemployment. There were hostilities between workers‚ employers
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Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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I. On to Canada Over Land and Lakes Due to widespread disunity‚ the War of 1812 ranks as one of America’s worst fought wars. There was not a burning national anger‚ like there was after the Chesapeake outrage; the regular army was very bad and scattered and had old‚ senile generals‚ and the offensive strategy against Canada was especially poorly conceived. Had the Americans captured Montreal‚ everything west would have wilted like a tree after its trunk has been severed‚ but the Americans
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Hist 1020 Final Study Guide: Fall 2014 The test will consist of one essay questions (50 pts.) and 25 multiple choice (2 pts. Each) Jefferson’s theory on alliances *Primary causes of WWI 1) nationalism: Germany had just recently been united w/ astria-hungary left out. Italy was recently united as well (not in it’s present form though). 2) Secret alliances. Britian had an alliance w/ france about africa‚ and having their back if anyone tried to take their territory there & vice versa. Germany & russia
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“My subject is war and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity.” How does Owem create a sense of the pity of war in Dulce et Decorum Est ? Wilfred Owen was a poet born in 1893‚ and the poem Dulce et Decorum Est was probably his most famous one. Owen wrote this poem in hospital after suffering from both physical and mental injuries of the First World War. Having experienced war himself‚ he had a realistic view of the war and tried to convey this to others before he died at twenty-five years
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Although the Chicago World’s fair of 1893 only lasted 6 months‚ I had an enormous impact on the city of Chicago‚ its people‚ and indeed the entire country. Up until that point in its history‚ the US had done nothing on the scale of the world’s fair‚ and was regarded as a country of barbarians and cowboys by much of the world‚ especially Old Europe. The fair was a perfect way for the US to disprove this. In building the fair‚ they would be placed in direct competition with France‚ who had built a
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Wilfred Owens war poetry Good morning/afternoon teacher and peers‚ Wilfred Owen was born in 1893 in Oswestry (United Kingdom). He wanted to be a poet from the age of nineteen although most of his famous work is that which he wrote in his years spent in the war where he died in 1918. The preface to Owens poetry read: “This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds‚ or lands‚ nor anything about glory‚ honour‚ might‚ majesty‚ dominion
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building of the first ferris wheel was an amazing accomplishment in 1893 Intro I. "There is nothing in the World ’s Columbian Exposition that compares in genuine novelty and sensationalism with the great vertical wheel which stands in the very center of Midway." So said Robert Graves‚ a reporter for the newspaper "The Alleghenian: in July of 1893. Mr. Graves was referring to the ferris wheel‚ a new marvel created for the 1893 Chicago ’s World Fair by engineer George Ferris. II. Most of
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the North and made the South pay higher prices. 2. The South disliked the internal improvements linking the North and West. The South didn’t see any benefits in paying taxes for roads and canals in other states. 9. The Panic of 1819 and the Curse of Hard Times 1. An economic panic struck in 1819. This quieted the "Good Feelings" as hard times set
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