WORKS & WRITING Lecture # 1 I. The Quest for National Hero * 2nd Philippine Commission administered the quest for a national hero * US Pres. William McKinley march 16, 1900; It was composed of the following: * Judge William Howard Taft Dr. Dean C. Worcester * Mr. Luke Eduard Wright Mr. Henry Clay Ide * Prof. Bernard Moses * The “Taft Commission” created an “Ad-hoc Committee for the selection of a National Hero” * American members W. Morgan Schuster;
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Dollar Diplomacy and Manifest Destiny The founders of the United States had an idea. Yes, they thought we should be an independent country. Yes, they thought Great Britain and the King were on the wrong side of history. And yes, they thought we could prove democracy worked. However, they had much bigger plans. There was an idea that our system of government was so good that, in fact, it was our job to spread it like a wildfire. They believed we had a right to control the Americas through the
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PHIL320 Professor Christopher Myers July 27, 2013 History of the Utilitarianism Ethic The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number America lavish with a plethora of landscapes and ecosystems beyond our understanding. Truly, North America sustains some of the most opulent sights. However, our lands were not always so lush, and full of beauty. A complex history of dreams, ideas, and political affiliations came into play in the overall conservation and preservation of our landscapes. Many ethically
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This is not a list of test questions. This is a list of topics that a student who’s prepared to score well on a test in an advanced placement class should be able to discuss at length and in a number of different ways. Any one of the items on this list could be the source of a lot of different multiple choice questions. Please remember you’ll be tested on textbook and in-class content, not this list. This list exists to help you but it’s not to be thought of as a guided tour of the test. * BELIEFS/IDEAS/CULTURE:
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History revision America 1890-1945 Time line Key: Bold and Underlined show events, policies or people of influence to US history from 1890-1945 RED: Political GREEN: Economic BLUE: Social BLACK: International affairs 1890- The accession of the Idaho and Wyoming brings the number of states in the Union to 44. The US Census notes that there is no longer a moving frontier in the American West. The Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress. 1896- William McKinley’s election victory marks the
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Warren Buffett Motivation “When you’re associating with the people that you love, doing what you love, it doesn’t get any better than that.” — Warren Buffett The four motivational theories that were analyzed showed a similar element on how leaders can motivate their employees. It assumed the expectations and responsibilities of an employee in a company. Out of the four motivational theories, Warren Buffet has applied McGregor’s Theory Y to motivate his employees. Buffett strongly believes that
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So, was Taft an effective president? Yes, Taft was an effective president; sure he had his mistakes, but his good decisions outweighed the bad, making him effective. He initiated more than 80 antitrust lawsuits against big corporations, more than his mentor Roosevelt. Even with the ineffectiveness of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, the Panama Canal act and the Mann-Elkins Act made up for it big time. The Canal Act benefited American businesses and consumers through tax-free use of the Canal and the
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Ledan was born to Thyrvï and Jophiel (an archangel) on the 28th October in (worked out by its closeness to the festival of Vetrnætr [1], a festival of three days that celebrated the end of summer, the start of winter and the beginning of a new year) in 339BC, a date which he must have worked out when the Gregorian calendar caught on. Though, as a result of his archangel father, he was an "archnephilim", he was raised as if he were a normal child, with his true nature kept from him. This was made
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Historians still debate whether the Gilded and Progressive eras should be classified as either a “Long Progressive Era” or remaining it as two separate time periods. However in this essay, I will argue that both eras should be divided into two eras due to the rise of third parties, regulations in big businesses and improvements in public health. The historical trends discuss why the Gilded Age should be separated from the years, 1865 to 1879 and the Progressive Era from 1880-1920s. The Gilded Age
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“Whoso List to Hunt” by Sir Thomas Wyatt and “Sonnet 67” by Edmund Spenser are sonnets that are very similar at a first glance, but delving deeper, a difference can be found. Both of these sonnets use imagery and figures of speech relating to the hunt of an unobtainable woman as well as that central theme. Through a deeper analysis it is revealed that these two authors have a different interpretation of this failed hunt. A comparison and contrast of “Whoso List to Hunt” and “Sonnet 67” reveals that
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