Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius are considered to be the three businessmen who generated big business and tremendous wealth. With steel, oil and railroads being the drive force of the Gilded Age, was modern corporation the start to these massive corporations at this time? Janelle, you mentioned that Andrew Carnegie created the growth of the steel industry and he used certain methods to transform the industry. Did other successful business also follow Carnegie's methods or did they use other techniques to stay competitive? After reading the chapter, it is amazing to know that these three powerful businessmen created the foundation to the 2nd industrial revolution of how to run and do business.…
In chapter 13 of the Disappearing Spoon titled "Elements as Money" The author Kien talks about the value of the elements in terms of money and says the difference between the items that are sold more or less because of the value of it uses. It tells a myth of Midas, the king of what is now called Turkey, Phrygia and how he had kept the ability of being able to convert anything that would touch in gold. He was not able to control this power of his and eventually turned his own daughter into gold in a hug. Obviously, this story is not true, but there is a reason to know why these stories are told about him. After the story has been said, we are given some information about the zinc element and the affiliations between brass and copper.…
Between 1851 and 1928, Britain grew into a more democratic country, which meant the people had a say on how the country was run. Before this time, Britain wasn 't considered that democratic as it was largely dominated by the upper class, who were the only people allowed to vote. However, over time many factors, including pressure groups, political advantage and changing political attitudes, contributed to the change in how Britain was governed. To a large extent, changing political attitudes were a main factor for the growth of Britain 's democracy. Industrialisation and urbanisation changed the ways people worked and lived.…
One way Henry Ford was a Practitioner of the Gospel of Wealth was because of the thousands of jobs he provided and the high salaries given to his workers. Since the start of his company, Ford gave good wages to his employees. In the novel The Flivver King, by Upton Sinclair, the main character Abner was very hopeful about getting a job at the Ford Motor Company. When Abner is talking to Ford about getting hired, he explains that he works very hard at his current job but never gets promoted and has no future there (14). After getting hired at the Ford Motor Company, “he was getting seventeen and a half cents per hour, the best he had ever done, and Mr. Ford had promised that if he worked hard, he would be promoted” (16).…
In chapter 3 of Frederick Douglass, Douglass compares religion to the askew way slave masters mention the slave system. In this chapter, Douglass is seen retelling a horrific story of an encounter between a slave, and his slave master. Douglass retells, “This is the penalty of telling the truth, of telling the simple truth, in answer to a series of plain questions” (Douglass 35). As seen in this story, a slave makes a mistake of telling his master, whom he did not recognize, the truth about his poor treatment he has been enduring. As a result of this, the slave was severely punished; many readers may have the assumption that the slave was reprimanded for telling the truth, however, the slave was punished for not flattering his slave master.…
In Mark E. Neely, Jr.’s book, Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War, he offers his readers two notable as well as important contributions to the study of the American Civil War. These contributions consist of the attempt to compare and examine the constitutionality of the acts that were committed by both the Union and the Confederacy, the other contribution is that of the “nationalistic” interpretation of Civil War Constitutionalism that is present throughout the latter end of the book. Even though the book is entitled Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, the entirety of its eight chapters are sectioned off into three distinct parts. The first section addresses the way President Lincoln handled…
I fear I am dying soon. My life has been filled with adventures to being frightned at the thought of getting caught while taking the grimy beaten down slaves to freedom. I've met many people on my adventures with the underground railroad. I met a man by the name Frederick Douglass, he-with the help of his wife- let me stay at their house with the railroad. They were kindhearted people and it was a pleasure to stay with them for three days.…
**The age of industry was beginning to boom, this began in England before it moved to America. The Industrial or Market Revolution was a turning point in the way things were made. A large amount of human labor was no longer necessary because it was being replaced by machines. Machines were able to accomplish more work, in a faster amount of time than any human would ever be able to do, thus resulting in higher profits for companies. ** America caught onto this idea not too long after the English did.…
For my popular press book assignment, I chose the book “The Driver” by Garet Garrett. Garet Garrett was an American journalist and author, who is mostly known for his opposition of the New Deal and the U.S. involvement in World War 2. He is noted for his work as a non-fiction and fiction author. He lived from 1878-1954. The Driver was published on August 1st of 1922, and provides an excellent lesson on how entrepreneurship works.…
In the excerpt from The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie expresses his views of the current age from earlier eras. He had the notion that the rich and the poor should bind together and benefit as one. He noted that not only the conditions in which they were living had changed, but it had ‘revolutionized’. This created many contrasts between the social classes that he believed were beneficial for the human race.…
The scenes I selected are from Frederick Douglass narrative. Frederick Douglass was born as a slave. He did not know his mother well and his father was a white man. When his first master died, he was sent to another plantation and the master’s wife taught him how to read and write. Before he escaped he give some whites bread to teach him how to read.…
Is It Really All that Bad, Bill? William Blake was a rebel with a cause in 16th century England fighting against the squalor and filth created in London by the Industrial Revolution. If he were alive today, he would likely be among the protesters “occupying Wall Street” and railing against the “one percenters.” Blake categorically is quite negative about what he sees around him; and, in the poem “London,” does not hesitate to give us his opinions about the state of things in that depressing city.…
In chapter six From Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass , Douglass focuses on how slavery has affected not just the slaves, but also the slave-owners themselves. In addition, he explains how slavery changes people behaviors. Also, he talks about women. He analyze White women in general and then talks about Sophia specifically. He think that all people are victims in slavery, but they are different in the degree of suffering.…
How does learning how to read and write as a slave create hope in acquiring freedom? The “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass” is an autobiography of Fredrick Douglass’s life as a slave. In this biography, Douglass recounts in vivid detail the many horrors of being a slave, “Under his heavy blows, blood flowed freely, and wales were left on my back as large as my little finger” (XV 260). Douglass also describes his pathway to freedom, and how becoming literate changed his perspective on life. Fredrick Douglass’s experience can be compared to many other authors; such as Lao-Tzu, Howard Gardner, Machiavelli, Plato, and Isak Dinesen.…
Industrialization was a big part of how we live in the present day. We have so much more than the people did during the 1800s. There were both positive and negatives for this, yet some were more important. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of the economic growth, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were child labor, pollution, and harsh working conditions.…