1890

supplies Small City in a Big Valley, but farming is a very sleepy affair, as far as growth in concerned. However, Duncan had two important factors helping it: The Mt. Sicker mines and the Longstockings. The Longstockings arrived first, during the 1890's, and most were fairly moneyed, or had significant pensions. While some of their number disdained working, others did set up businesses. They collectively gave the town an economic stimulus so powerful that even the Great Depression barely…

Often times, humans have the tendency to oppose those who they believe are irrational or distinctively different than them. This was the case in the newly unified German nation during the late nineteenth century. Under German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the infant German state began to develop a growing sense of nationalistic pride, as the National Liberals became a dominant political force for political and social activism. When Bismarck and the Prussian-controlled German government tried to…

“Agatha Christie” Often referred to as the “Queen of Crime”, Agatha Christie was a truly exceptional mystery author. Born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon, she relished her childhood. Unfortunately, her father passed away when Ms. Christie was just seven years old. As a child, most of her amusement came while playing with dolls. She was married twice, her second husband encouraging her to write more than the first. Agatha Christie enjoyed various hobbies, such as playing the piano and…

In 1890 Bill Cody, the legendary Buffalo Bill, was touring Europe. When he stopped in Rome on 29thMarch of that year, a series of contests took place between his entourage and some butteri. In one of these he famously lost after challenging the butteri to…

Case Study 5: Middleboro Community Hospital Middleboro Community Hospital (MCH) was inaugurated in 1890, which is a nonprofit hospital and providing care for over a hundred years. For a successful organization to prosper, the governing board should support together to discover the strength and weaknesses of its own organization to stay viable. This organization has been in the business for 127 years, so why consider an asset merger or sale to a for-profit corporation? Indeed, there were…

including the evolution and progress that would soon become the fight for the woman’s right to vote. This wave of feminism was carried out through an amazing organization called NAWSA or the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Created February 18 1890, the organization began as means to push congress to allow women the right to vote and hold power in the…

In 1861, the American Civil War tore the country apart. With over 600,000 dead, the United States suffered from heartache and violence. Standing above the many who lost their lives were brave heroes, serving their country while standing up for what they believe in. Among these men was Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. Through his bravery and strength came the stone statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The history of Richmond centers around his personal struggles, the…

a traditional U.S. fear and hatred of unchecked power, whether political or economic, and particularly of monopolies that ended or threatened equal opportunity for all businesses. The public demanded legislative action, which prompted Congress, in 1890, to pass the Sherman Act. The act was followed by several other antitrust acts, including the clayton act of 1914 (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 12 et seq.), the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 41 et seq.), and the robinson-patman act of…

Beginning in the early 20 th century Jazz is believed to have originated in the Southern United States within the African American communities of New Orleans. Although the definition and exact origins of jazz are widely debated, there is no question that the genre of music we know now as Jazz was strongly influenced by two specific genres known as the Blues and Ragtime. Before formally taking on the name blues, the blues originated within the slave communities of the south as spritual songs and…

of the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced racial segregation that occurred in the South, but it did not take much affect many people referred to the Jim Crow Laws separate is not equal. This led from one event to another. In 1890, the state of Louisiana passed the Withdraw car act (Act 111,) this act required that the train railway cars were to design separate alterations for African Americans and whites. This act created two cars one set for “colored,” and the other…