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    Museum is said to be the complementary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ which houses a more generalized art. The museum is also one of the most visited in the city‚ with 2.1-2.5 million patrons each year. The museum was the idea of John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s wife‚ Abby Aldrich‚ and two of her friends‚ who also happen to be progressive patrons of the art‚ Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan and Lillie P. Bliss. The three became to be known as “the daring ladies”. To begin their vision‚ they rented a small

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    On December 8‚ 1886 in Guanajuato‚ Mexico‚ Diego Rivera was born. His passion for art emerged early on‚ so at the age of 10 he attended San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Years later he traveled to Europe to further his studies‚ where he befriended many famous artists of his day. As time went on Rivera’s style began to change‚ because of the events that began taking place. Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the Russian Revolution (1917)‚ Rivera wanted

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    Controlando el Universo (The Man Controller of the Universe) This painting by Diego Rivera was started in 1933 for the Rockefeller Center in New York. He was asked to paint a mural on the second floor in the Palace of Fine Arts. John Rockefeller wanted this painting to get people to stop and think. Rivera included a portrait of Vladimir Lennon in the mural which upset Rockefeller. He asked Diego to remove the picture of Lennon and add one of Abraham Lincoln. Diego refused to do so. When he had completed

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    My favourite place in the U.S. The best place in the World is New York. It is a place where you can see magnificent things. It is the biggest city in the world and the capital of world’s economy. There isn’t something you can’t find in NYC. Manhattan is the wealthiest area of the city‚ actually it is a group of islands in Hudson River. In this area there are stores of the most famous brands in the world‚ there is everything from clothes and restaurants to electronics and luxurious hotels. The

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    controlled by two illuminati member families‚ the Rockefellers‚ and the Rothschild. President Franklin D. Roosevelt a 32nd degree Scottish freemason placed the seal on the

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    The government should break up Standard Oil’s monopoly. In 1870‚ John D. Rockefeller started his Oil corporation in Ohio. They had about 10‚000 shares. Him and‚ William Rockefeller‚ who was his brother‚ Henry Flagler‚ chemist Samuel Andrews‚ silent partner Stephen V. Harkness‚ and Oliver Burr Jennings all partnered up to make this company become one of the first and biggests around. Then about 37 stockholders decided to put their shares into trust with an organization called the trustees. This system

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    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 and aggressively ran it until he officially retired in 1897. Trust

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    Thursday‚ January 16‚ 2014 Matt TA mondays 10-11 wheeler 102 graduate seminar room Chapter Study Outline [Introduction: Sherman Land] The Meaning of Freedom Blacks and the Meaning of Freedom African-Americans’ understanding of freedom was shaped by their experience as slaves and observation of the free society around them. Blacks relished the opportunity to demonstrate their liberation from the regulations (significant and trivial) associated with slavery. Families in Freedom The family

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    it was finished in 1933. During this time Rivera’s radical political and independent nature had begun to draw criticism. He was a known communist and a member of the Mexican communist party. He was later hired by the Rockefellers to paint a mural on the ground floor wall of Rockefeller center in New York City. It however didn’t go so well. The theme of the painting‚ man at the cross road was to depict the social

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    The explosive industrial growth took place in the last quarter of the 19th century by progressives who flourished with great cities. Businesses’ highly developed reaching oversees‚ commerce and influence of major establishments. Unfortunately‚ not all of the citizens shared the wealth‚ reputation and favorable outcomes. Additionally‚ these overwhelming set of forces triggered economic and social issues in America. Therefore in response to this political incorporate abuses and corruption‚ the progressive

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