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    Julia McArthur built the Hotel Park in the Pines for an estimated $300‚000‚ she was a widow from Detroit‚ Michigan. McArthur co-owned the Park Hotel in Mount Clemmons‚ Michigan with her Aunt Margretha Kieffer. Kieffer encouraged McArthur to build the Hotel Park in the Pines in Aiken‚ South Carolina. In January of 1900 the hotel opened for business. Daniel Boone Smith was a 29-year-old lawyer who graduated in 1904 from Harvard law school. In the fall of 1912‚ Smith was experiencing respiratory issues

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    bonus money in cash. 7. Economic policies of Republican president Warren G. Harding sought to continue the same laissez-faire doctrine as had been the practice under William McKinley 8. George Creel- committee on public information‚ Herbert Hoover- food administration‚ Bernard Baruch- war industries board ‚ William Howard Taft- national war labor board 9. In 1924 the Democratic party convention came within a single vote of adopting a resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan 10. In the early

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    ------------------------------------------------- Woodrow Wilson From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Woodrow Wilson | | 28th President of the United States | In office March 4‚ 1913 – March 4‚ 1921 | Vice President | Thomas R. Marshall | Preceded by | William Howard Taft | Succeeded by | Warren Harding | 34th Governor of New Jersey | In office January 17‚ 1911 – March 1‚ 1913 | Preceded by | John Fort | Succeeded by | James Fielder as Acting Governor | 13th President of Princeton University |

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    Family Preservation

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    Introduction For this paper I will be discussing the background of family preservation. It’s definition and background information on how and why it started‚ factors influencing the development‚ cost effectiveness‚ cultural issues‚ and the role that the social worker plays in family preservation. Definition Family preservation services are short-term‚ family-focused services designed to assist families in crisis by improving parenting and family functioning while keeping children safe. Family

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    thePhilippines was ceded to theUnited Statesby Spain in 1898 after a paymentof US$ 20 million to Spain in accordancewith the "Treaty of Paris" ending theSpanish-American War. U.S. colony Civil government was established by theAmericans in 1901‚ with William Howard Taft asthe first American Governor-General of thePhilippines. English was declared the officiallanguage. Six hundred American teachers wereimported aboard the USS Thomas. Also‚ theCatholic Church was disestablished‚ and asubstantial amount of church

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    1912 Election

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    faced the challenge of choosing between four strong candidates of the election of 1912. Each candidate held concrete platforms that would have different effects on progressivism. Americans could chose the conservative presidential incumbent William Howard Taft(R)‚ the New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson (D)‚ the long-time fighter for social reform-Eugene V. Debs (S)‚ or the former president Theodore Roosevelt of the newly formed Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party). Through this election many steps

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    because I do not like it‚ then I have got to choose a better house‚ or build a better house‚ to justify the change.” This Progressive Party was established by Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the Republican nomination to the incumbent President William Howard Taft. Further‚ the Progressive Party was also known as the Bull Moose Party because of the emblem the party chose to represent them. Lastly‚ President Theodore Roosevelt was known for his boasting of the party saying it was "As strong as a bull moose

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    movement. We have magnified Rizal’s role to such a point that we have lost our sense of delegation of our other great men. It cannot be denied that his pre-eminence among our heroes was a result of American sponsorship. Governor William Howard Taft and other conservative Filipinos chose Rizal to be our national hero because Rizal never advocated independence‚ nor did he advocate armed resistance to the government. He wanted reforms by means of public education. It is the public image that

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    AP US History Ch 29 The American Pageant Test Study Guide Consider the 5 Ws when thinking about history: Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where‚ & Why/How is it important? Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt‚ 1901-1912 The “real heart” of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov’t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in – Greenback Labor Party & Populists Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen

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    US history

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    Over centuries‚ the political system in United States led to the two major party system which third party cannot have that much of the power in the politics. However‚ there have been some several third parties and they were very influential in the political aspect. Among them‚ especially The People’s Party (populists) and The Progressive Party(Bull Moose party) left huge impact on United States history. The People’s Party was established by farmers‚ ‘Patrons of Husbandry’ in 1867 since they were

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