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    Persuasive Writing

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    College Level II - General A+ Professor (Persuasive) What makes a professor great? Prominence in his or her field? A hot new book? Good student reviews every *S=サンプルエッセイあり(提出後に表示) 54 semester? What standards should be used to assess the quality of college faculty members? Support your position with reasons and examples from your own experiences‚ observations or reading. Academic Achievement vs. Age (Persuasive) "School children should be grouped according to their levels of academic achievement

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    (Three Points) What happened in Haymarket Square on May 1‚ 1886? What happened on May 4? Who was convicted in the trial? What did Governor Altgeld do in 1893? (Four points) What was the Homestead Lockout? What did Alexander Berkman do? What did Carnegie do? (Three points) Why did Pullman workers go on strike in 1895? What happened when Railroad workers went on

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    Rise Of Industrialization

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    Bessemer invented a way to transform large quantities of iron ore into steel by using extremely hot air. After seeing this process first-hand‚ Andrew Carnegie decided to open up a steel factory in the U.S. using cheap‚ unskilled laborers who were willing to learn how to operate the hot‚ dangerous machines at very low wages. By 1900‚ Andrew Carnegie had built the largest steel company‚ U.S. Steel‚ in the world and produced more than 25% of the steel used in the United States‚ including that in many

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    Another example would be Thomas Edison’s light bulb and many other inventions which led to his finding of Menlo Park Laboratory. An additional cause was the rise of big business leaders such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie built the Carnegie Steel mill from nothing while Rockefeller led the oil companies. With the rise of industrial America‚ came many benefits to the American people. Due to the rise of many big companies‚ many earned jobs. There was also an increase of specialized

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    As the production level in European industries increased the working conditions for the poor decreased. "Since the beginning of industrialization‚ large numbers of women and children worked in factories. Mill owners could pay these workers less than they did adult men‚ and they were easier to manage" (Burgan 35). The wealthy factory owners capitalized on women and children by giving them significantly less wages than those given to men as well as overworked them to a level of near death. The working

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    Transforming the West

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    Transforming the West -West is the supplier and place where all the raw material comes from -Main supplier of the East CONTENT: Transcontinental Railroad -Completed in the 1870’s‚ over 2 mountain ranges 1 company owned primarily by people who made money as storekeepers -Government Project‚ but owned privately -Land grant railroads -Opened up the west‚ tied California and the East together Indian Affairs -Government took on Indian policy that wanted to get them out of the way Western

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt

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    enormous success was the effect of enormous businesses perhaps one of the most famous stories of rags to riches. From shipping to railroading‚ this millionaire strived in the economy. But‚ what kind of millionaire was he? A Captain of industry? or A Robber Baron? Cornelius’s great fortune arose in when he went into the railroading business. Because of the government’s great interest in expanding to the west‚ big businesses and companies were attracted to the money they offered. After the entire project

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    Rags to Riches

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    Rags to Riches Harold Livesay’s Andrew Carnegie and the Rise to Big Business portrayed Andrew Carnegie as a perfect example of the American Dream. From rags to riches is a journey that Andrew Carnegie portrayed through out his life. He was born into poverty in Scotland‚ moving to America in 1848. Andrew Carnegie started as a bobbin boy to one of the first tycoons of big business in America. With the jobs he did hold he applied the knowledge and techniques from job to job to generate his fortunes

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    Industrial Titans

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    titans like Rockefeller and Carnegie. America was a young country so it was only right that it grew in time. Form this growth came new technologies. Also in a way Americans benefited from monopolies. It helped that some industrial titans were philanthropist. The way that America was growing it needed new technologies. Industrial titans did have very corrupt ways of business but they were only filling the demands of Americans. For many reasons people need access to trains so Carnegie provided the

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    Triumph of industry

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    inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) Andrew Carnegie United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919) John. D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller (July 8‚ 1839 – May 23‚ 1937) was an American oil magnate. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870‚ he founded the Standard Oil Company

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