Immigrants moves West
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Frances Willard
The 1800’s was the rise of the woman era, during this time woman were still not allowed to vote but still got a lot of benefits which included giving married woman the control their own wages, properties and the jobs … Continue reading
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Henry Teller and the Legacy of Imperial Justification
Henry Teller was only mentioned once in the chapter, yet his biography tells much about the political climate in the United States with regards to a number of questions including foreign policy and monetary policy. He served as a Colorado … Continue reading
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“Raise Less Corn And More Hell”
Mary Elizabeth Lease was born in Pennselyvaina in 1850. When she turned 20 she moved to Kansas to become a school teacher. Shortly after setteling she married a pharmisist Charles Lease. They had multiple farming attempts and ended up becomming … Continue reading
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Burn Down Your Cities and Leave Our Farms
William Jennings Bryan changed the course of American history because he was one of the first men to acknowledge the economic difficulties farmers faced after America had expanded into an industrial society. The farmers were facing poverty and when Bryan … Continue reading
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Women’s Rights Supporter, Frances Willard.
Frances Willard was the President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She wrote many books and was a teacher. Willard strongly believed that women could “do everything”. She supported women’s rights, women’s suffrage, social purity, and other reforms. Willard also … Continue reading
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James “Cyclone” Harvey Davis
Being from Texas, this name popped out while reading chapter 17. Cyclone was one of the oldest roller coasters in Texas, and that is what this man was when he was in a debate or trying to get his conversation … Continue reading
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Debs was arrested and sent to jail for violating an injuntion. While he was in jail, he read about Karl Marx and socialism. He was released from prison in 1895 and he started a political career following cocialism. Debs helped to … Continue reading
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Hawaii’s Story
“…actions was plainly to humiliate me before my people and before the world” — Queen Liliuokalani Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She believed that her mission was to preserve the islands and keep the … Continue reading
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The promise of a New South
Henry Grady was a Atlanta editor that promoted South during the 1880’s. Grady was a journalist and orator that tried to reintegrate the South with the Union after the civil war. He created the image of a New South as an … Continue reading
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Richard Olney
In 1894 during the Pullman strike, attorney general Richard Olney secured from federal courts writs of injunction ordering the strikers back to work. He also advised the use of Federal troops to suppress the insurrection. Consequently, Federal troops and US … Continue reading
Carnegie: A devil in the workplace but a good man where it counts
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who came to America in relative poverty. His humble origins lay in factory work; however, he quickly gained promotions to messenger boy and ultimately telegraph operator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, where he made … Continue reading
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Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), was the first and longest serving president of the American Federation of Labor. Because of him, the AFL grew from a regular union with only a membership of 50,000 in 1886, to the largest and most influential … Continue reading
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SAUM SONG BO
Saum Song Bo, Chinese-American writer who spoke out against racial injustice through his well-known letter about how he viewed the statue of liberty. The viewing of liberty as non-existing because it clashes with the freedom of the Chinese. In his … Continue reading
Keep Them Out! -Horace F. Page
Horace F. Page was born on Oct 20th 1833 and he was a US Congressman representing California. One major contribution of congressman Page in changing the course of US history is that he was the author of a bill that … Continue reading
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Homer Plessy
Homer Adolph Plessy, born a free man, was arrested and jailed for refusing to move to the “colored” part of the railroad cars upon the conductor’s order on June 7, 1892. Plessy experienced the harsh segregation of the South, despite his … Continue reading
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The Left Wing Chaos Theory
Ignatius L. Donnelly was a Congressman from Minnesota in the late 1800’s. He wrote the preamble to the Omaha platform for the presidential campaign of 1892. This significant document called for a stronger federal government in order to mend the … Continue reading
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Hello, ladies.
Carrie Chapman Catt was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She also founded the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. Catt was one of the most leading advocates for woman’s suffrage. She had … Continue reading
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Best Admiral Forever and always
George Dewey was only person in US history to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the highest rank possible in the navy. He is considered the greatest american hero of the early 20th century. Hes most noticeable for the victory … Continue reading
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Power-Hungry Americans…
I relate this image to Josiah Strong’s position he takes during the 1990’s. Strong was a clergyman and also a writer, who sought to introduce, spread and update the idea of Manifest Destiny. He influenced many white Americans of this … Continue reading