1890

Tragedy of the Commons in the American West: The Cattle Boom Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons is a fundamental principle in the study of environmental science. Hardin’s classic example is the herdsman who desires to selfishly maximize their economic gain at the expense of their community’s shared pasture. In his example, the commons are a shared resource or the open range. Each herdsman is located in a society that prioritizes constant economic gain, while there are limited resources.…

U.S. was allowed two naval bases in Cuba. Secondly, the United States remained in control of was to keep the Philippines, but pay twenty million dollars for them. The United States’ involvement in countries such as the Philippines and Cuba in the 1890s was equally caused by racism, nationalism, commercialism, and humanitarianism.…

Woodrow Wilson, The Obvious Choice The Progressive Era was sparked by the backlash from the middle class and their demands to amend problems. Problems pertaining to the economic depression in the 1890’s, corporations, trusts, and overall discontent with the government and their lack of response. To address these problems and many more, America couldn’t have chosen a better president, Woodrow Wilson, for his ideas and qualities as a successful leader brought out the best in our country. Thomas…

the unsatisfied behaviors of Americans, specifically workers and farmers. “Widespread rural poverty, poor diet, and little access to capital meant the world of southern agriculture had changed very little since the days of the populist revolt in the 1890s” (Faragher p. 514). Fighting for change, the Populist Movement wasn't strong enough to overcome the economic and social changes that were present and rising like the Progressive Movement…

Clash of the Paradigms During the 19th century, the three paradigms that were relevant in society were the New York Times, New York Journal and the New York Commercial Advertiser. Although all three paradigms were prominent during the late 1890's one of these three newspapers prevailed and it was the New York Times. There were many reasons why the Times prevailed and the others failed. According to the excerpt, "The Year That defined American Journalism" it quotes, "… the Times offered a…

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert Netherlands. His father Theodorus van Gogh was a minister. His mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus was a moody artist whose love of nature, drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son Van Gogh. Gogh was born exactly one year after his parent’s first son also named Vincent but he was stillborn. When Gogh was 15 his family was poor so he had drop out of school and start work. He worked for his uncle Cornelis ’at his art dealership.…

only way she could actually have peace and something she could call her own. The forbidden joy disappears as quickly as it came, but the taste of it is enough to kill her. Through this story I feel like Chopin was speaking for every woman during the 1890’s. Inequality and lack of freedom caused women to live through the shadows of others and not their true selves. As a result, for Louise experiencing true love for the first time and soon having it taken away was truly a matter of life and…

The progressive reforms during the period 1890-1915 in the areas of urban life and politics were only partially successful, with some reforms working out more than others, but were overall very successful. In the city the progressives to improve the conditions for all, trump the towns themselves. In politics, the progressives, which believed as though their requirements were not being fulfilled, aimed to make the system less evil and more fair and equal for all. They were less successful reforms…

1890 Victorian England was a time and place where gentleman smoked their cigars in the light of a gas lamp and spoke about topics such as; the possibility of a fourth dimension. The time traveller lived in this world, a world where no one had thought time travel was possible, even through his efforts of trying to prove time travel possible, they continue to disbelieve it. The time traveller feels that as time goes on man should make great improvements to humanity, but, when he travels to the…

Did Kuniyoshi really create art that showed he was against everything Japanese? Differently, was his loyalty to the United States – and his sense of Americanness – a function of self-preservation at a time of racialization and exclusion? Wang’s article follows well what Elise Lemire asserted last week, namely, that we cannot analyze the inner workings of individuals outside of the historically specific moments in which particular beliefs and actions occur. In this case, Kuniyoshi was faced with…