George Eastman and Andrew Carnegie were Captains of Industry because they were both innovators and philanthropists. Eastman made the camera affordable to common man. Everyone could get a camera now. Carnegie made steel cheap to make and cheap to sell. Steel could now be mass produced. Eastman reinvented the camera, changing the way it was produced. His new camera was portable and easy to use. Carnegie went almost the same way, reinventing the way to make steel. Steel was bought by everyone, because
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George Washington is well known as the general who helped the colonies gain their freedom from the British. As the first president of a young country, he helped form the government and laws that still exist today. How he acted as president would affect the office from that time on. Washington was born February 11, 1731 in Virginia, which at the time was a British colony. According to the New World Encyclopedia, “Washington was the oldest child from his father’s second marriage. Washington
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George Washington Shaped America into Greatness Amanda Villeso American History Mr. David 4-24-17 “Give me liberty or give me death”(“Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech.”). George Washington definitely applied this saying when fighting in the Revolutionary War. Washington being called the Father of His Country has done many wonderful things for everyone. Being the leader of the Patriots, he had lived a successful and long life. Thomas Jefferson said “On the whole, his character
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Dead Cold Eyes It was below zero, we were out of food, and my skin and eyes were burning because of all the smoke. For the first two years of the American Revolution the Continental Army was not doing well. They were unable to stop the British at Philadelphia, and ended up retreating from Boston and New York City. Valley Forge, would you stay or would you reenlist? I would abandon Valley Forge because of all the help needed from the Congressional Committee, the spread of disease, and the major lack
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George Washington was in the army. He was married to Martha Washington. George Washington had no biological children of his own. George Washington was a raw and ambitious 21-year old when he was first sent to the Ohio Valley to confront the growing French presence in the region. His actions sparked the French & Indian War.Control of the expansive Ohio Valley region, especially near the joining of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, was of great interest to both the British and their French rivals
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Society in this day in age relies heavily on technology so much that we may become controlled by it. Can that lead us into a world like that of Big Brother? Technology can have the intense ability to force people to believe in fictional information and watch people every move they make. Extreme surveillance can have the power to force us into a totalitarian government. The current society we live in has the potential to become that of Big Brother in the far future. In the book 1984 O’brien states
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Have you ever wondered who made the trampoline or the history of it? The creator of the Trampoline is George Nissen. 10 pts. “A Trampoline is an elevated, essentially buoyant webbed bed or canvas sheet supported by springs or elastic shock cords. It’s surrounded by a metal frame and used as a springboard for tumbling.” 10 pts In 1930 Nissen was in awe of trapeze artists. He went to a show in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Nissen, who was a swimmer, was a member of his diving team. He made the dive called
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During his amazing life, boxing great Muhammad Ali made a huge impact when it came to defending the anti-war movement, the African-American community's rights and his own athletic ability with his quick-talking, immodest charm. In the last years of Ali's life, Parkinson's disease started to ravage more of his mind and body. The diagnosis of Parkinson's would prove to be the biggest fight of Ali's life. He became an advocacy for Parkinson's and tirelessly worked to raise awareness and research money
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Introduction ‘Rhinoceros’ of Eugene Ionesco and ‘1984’ of George Orwell are two of the most successful literary works on expressing unconventionality in the human society. They represent the protagonists as non-conformists to build up the plot of the story (with unconventionality being one of its main themes). This success is mainly due to the time period in which these two literary works have been written. Both ‘1984’ and ‘Rhinoceros’ are written a few years after the end of the second world war
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Hi Class! Rachel, Alyson, Jenny, and I will be discussing Chapter 5: Newspeak Lectures, where less is more, from the novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. First of all, we'll be discussing the important events which took place in Chapter 5 of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The chapter begins with Winston - who you should all know of; the 39-year-old who works as an editor in Records Department at the Ministry of Truth - is casually sitting in the lunchroom while Syme his friend who works in the Research
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