1. J.P. Morgan- He was a banker who brought stability and rationality to the national economy. He integrated railroads, insurance companies, and banks to make business run with more ease. John D. Rockefeller- He was a an oil tycoon who created his monopoly by taking control of all of his competition. Andrew Carnegie- He made his fortune by incorporating the Bessemer Steel Process into his steel manufacturing business. He donated a university, because he believed it would help the poor by having the rich succeed and would give the poor a place to experience fine arts, rather than food. President Grover Cleveland- He is the only president to sere two terms, but not together. In addition, he secretly
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It, faced with the task of finding gold to ensure America’s economic safety, turned to the New York City banks and got a lot of gold, promising it would repay the banks through bonds. Riot in Jewish Community- This is when a riot, led by Irish police officers, who were mad about the Jewish immigrants moving into the city, staged a massive riot during a large funeral for an important rabbi. Almost none of the Irish cops were indicted by the Irish jury for their hate crimes against the Jewish community. Haymarket Square Riot- This is when there was a large meeting in Haymarket Square in Chicago, organized by the Knights of Labor Union, and a bomb was thrown killing 7 police officers. It led to the executions of 8 inadequately arraigned suspects and led the demise of this union New Orleans General Strike: This is when 42 local unions staged a strike involving half of New Orleans’ population. Only 3 days later was a compromise made securing the wages and working hours of the workers, but not the existence of the unions.
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In this chapter Howard Zinn makes a claim that all populists, undoubtedly, and all white Americans were racist and nativist. This claim can obviously be modified by looking at countless examples of white Americans who did not have these beliefs and by closely examining the Populist Party Platform. To begin with, obviously not every single white American can be racist and nativist. Absolute claims are never completely true because there are always exceptions, except for death. In addition, the claim that populists held this belief can be modified by not looking at specific examples of populists were did hold these beliefs. In fact, the Populist Party’s platform in 1892 clearly explains as to why it wanted to limit immigration, which was in large part to protect the immigrants who already came to America form the corrupt, greedy monopolies. This clearly modifies Zinn claim as not all white Americans were racists and nativist, because there are always exceptions, and not all populist were racist and nativist, because a large part of its platform served to protect the people that nativist or racists would want to oppress and
It, faced with the task of finding gold to ensure America’s economic safety, turned to the New York City banks and got a lot of gold, promising it would repay the banks through bonds. Riot in Jewish Community- This is when a riot, led by Irish police officers, who were mad about the Jewish immigrants moving into the city, staged a massive riot during a large funeral for an important rabbi. Almost none of the Irish cops were indicted by the Irish jury for their hate crimes against the Jewish community. Haymarket Square Riot- This is when there was a large meeting in Haymarket Square in Chicago, organized by the Knights of Labor Union, and a bomb was thrown killing 7 police officers. It led to the executions of 8 inadequately arraigned suspects and led the demise of this union New Orleans General Strike: This is when 42 local unions staged a strike involving half of New Orleans’ population. Only 3 days later was a compromise made securing the wages and working hours of the workers, but not the existence of the unions.
3. Migration & Settlement: Chinese and S. & E. Europeans poured into the United …show more content…
In this chapter Howard Zinn makes a claim that all populists, undoubtedly, and all white Americans were racist and nativist. This claim can obviously be modified by looking at countless examples of white Americans who did not have these beliefs and by closely examining the Populist Party Platform. To begin with, obviously not every single white American can be racist and nativist. Absolute claims are never completely true because there are always exceptions, except for death. In addition, the claim that populists held this belief can be modified by not looking at specific examples of populists were did hold these beliefs. In fact, the Populist Party’s platform in 1892 clearly explains as to why it wanted to limit immigration, which was in large part to protect the immigrants who already came to America form the corrupt, greedy monopolies. This clearly modifies Zinn claim as not all white Americans were racists and nativist, because there are always exceptions, and not all populist were racist and nativist, because a large part of its platform served to protect the people that nativist or racists would want to oppress and