Captain of Industry Debate "You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself." -Andrew Carnegie. Business is not everything, but it is a major part of shaping America into what it is today. People like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Edison, Vanderbilt, Ford, and J.P. Morgan climbed the ladder to gain the riches and help develop America into an industrial giant. Rockefeller with oil, Carnegie with steel, Vanderbilt with railroads, Edison with electricity, Ford with automobiles
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Josie Mansfield was a struggling actress in New York who aspired to be on the more respectable side of the art when she met Jim Fisk. The wealthy financier was completely smitten by her and within the first hour of their encounter, he became her provider. Fisk met Edward Stokes through his work and arranged for Stokes and Mansfield to meet. Josie was enamored by Stokes and decided to leave Fisk, but wanted to retain access to his money. This led to a path of blackmail and lawsuits. When Stokes learned
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b. 25 percent. c. 40 percent. d. 15 percent. e. nearly 80 percent. 58. Match each individual below with the correct description. A. Andrew Jackson 1.
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Amanda Barnes 9512 Queensway Rd Upper Marlboro, MD. 20772 (301)-802-9649 Why have I chosen Carnegie Mellon as my particular college? Why does the sun rise and set on particular times? The answers to both these questions are unbeknownst to me, something I can never truly know. However, I have a feeling. Do you understand that feeling that you get when you know, yet you can’t explain it. The feeling is so assuring to you, but yet unsettling to others. Many begin to think you have
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Jacksonian Democrats helped to create a more democratic America and because of this, believed to be many things, some real and some fictional. In most cases they perceived themselves as defenders of equal economic opportunity, even though they occasionally put their own interests before those of the people. They also thought of themselves as guardians of political democracy, while using class differences to their advantage to bring support. Jacksonian Democrats felt that they were the protectors
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existed with new and younger leaders who would try to shape the United States into a nation that they thought it should be in their eyes. Their decisions ultimately helped form our Nation into what it is today. One of these new leaders was President Andrew Jackson. Upon inauguration in 1829, Jackson wanted to settle the ongoing issue of the Indians and the land that they held within the states; as a result most of the energy and resources of his administration were focused on settling the dispute and
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compromise made it legal to own slaves for the southern border only. This will be the beginning of the debate over slavery that led to the civil war. 12. Chapter 11 Page 430 The Indian Removal, 1820-1840- After the election of 1828, one of Andrew Jackson’s goals was to remove the Indians. Jackson wanted the Indians to move westward toward Oklahoma, so he passed the Indian removal act. Most tribes including; Choctaws, Seminoles, and Chickasaws did not argue and agreed to move west. The Cherokees
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APUSH Study Guide 8 A weak Confederacy and the Constitution, 1776-1790 Themes/Constructs: The federal Constitution represented a moderately conservative reaction against the democratilizing effects of the Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. The American Revolution was not a radical transformation like the French or Russian revolutions, but it produced political innovations and some social change in the direction of greater equality and democracy. The American Revolution did
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大運河杭州段古街區的保護與永續發展 ——以小河直街與橋西直街為例 王佐倫 摘要 大運河杭州段的歷史文化街區——小河直街與拱宸橋西歷史街區，都有著自己獨特的歷史與文化。目前，伴隨著杭州市對於運河街區的復興計畫，一批街區已得到“修舊如舊”的修繕專案的維護。然而，隨著硬體的改善，交通的便捷，運河的文化特色卻並未受到有關部門的足夠重視與發展。尤其是兩個最大的問題，即社區定位與永續發展，並未得到足夠的關注。本文在對小河直街社區與橋西直街社區的實地統計調查與深度訪談的基礎上提出，根據社區原有的歷史文化特色，找到社區文化主題元素，並據此或創新地，或復古地，發展出相應的在地節慶活動，可以有效的解決旅遊社區同質化以及居民流失的問題，給相關決策部門予以參考。 一．前言 中國的江南，自古以來就有魚米之鄉，絲綢之府的稱號，經濟發達，文化昌盛。而隨著隋煬帝下令大舉開鑿運河以後，江南的經濟更是得到了極大的發展，與北方之間的貿易規模也逐步擴大，沿岸出現了一批因河興盛的貿易都會，尤其以杭州，揚州，蘇州，無錫等為最。
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During the 1830s and 1840s in America, there were several political events that divided the nation. Three of these were the abolishment of the Second Bank of the United States, the signing of the Indian Removal Act, and the abolitionists' antislavery offensive in 1835. One point of national controversy was regarding the existence of a national bank. The First Bank of the United States was a centralized, national bank chartered in 1791 for a term of 20 years. Its purpose was to hold federal funds
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