1902

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” In the early 1900s, Teddy Roosevelt led the way that left a trail still traveled today. This trail is one of America’s greatest achievements. The Panama Canal , built during the 1900s, allowed for more efficient trading and easier warship travel. In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nurez de Balboa became the first European to discover the Isthmus of Panama was just a slim land…

Peter Kropotkin- Mutual Aid Many people have heard the words mutual aid in their life at one time or another. Around the world countries and nations offer each other some form of mutual aid. For example, the United States sent mutual aid in the form of medicine and doctors when the Ebola virus broke out in Arica. Mutual aid consists of two different definitions. Mutual aid in reference to organizational theory means “voluntary trades of resources and service that will benefit each party”…

entitled Left Wing Manifesto, which stated that a proletarian revolution is inevitability. This means that the working class would try to overthrow the upper class citizens. The distribution of pamphlets violated a New York Criminal Anarchy Act of 1902. This act prohibited the advocacy of criminal anarchy by the overthrowing of government through use of force. Because of this law, Gitlow was arrested on November 9th, 1919 at…

There have been a wide range of theories that provide detailed information concerning the socialization and crime approach. According to Siegel (2012) direct or indirect social interaction within different social settings is often reflective of how and why individuals relate to one another as well as a variety of possible outcomes that result from interacting. According to (Long 2007) some theoretical perspectives (Interactionism) focus on causes and consequences of individual’s behavior that…

The Ishtar Gate was commissioned by great ruler of Babylon – King Nebuchadnezzar II (605 BC-562 BC). It is one of eight gates to the city of Babylon. This gate was 50 feet tall and 100 feet wide, made of cobalt blue glazed bricks. This was the main entrance into the inner city of Babylon that was located on the north side, and a symbol of Babylon splendor. It was also the beginning of the half mile long, bricked-paved corridor pathway called the Processional Way. This road lead to main Ziggurat…

Loneliness in Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. In high school he was a good student and a good athlete. When it came to college his attendance and academics were not good. He was mostly interested in biological and ecological but never completed the degree. He became an American author, who has written twenty seven books and sixteen of them are novels. Mostly known, for his comic novels Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row, the mutli-generation epic…

In 1851, England hosted the Great Exhibition to showcase the might and power of the British Empire. It was such a special occasion that the home of the exhibition, the Crystal Palace, was designed specifically for the event (Keach 602). The Great Exhibition considered the first World’s Fair, a large event presented to the public to show items and ideas from all over the globe (“World’s Fair”). Reading about this grand event makes me wonder about the public and how in awe they must have been from…

Andrew Carnegie, a first-class American who netted millions of dollars in the late 1800s, encouraged and inspired wealthy citizens, through his essays, to donate money to charities, public service agencies, educational institutions, and more. In his entire lifetime, he accumulated more than 390 million dollars, which would amount to over four billion dollars today. Ninety percent of that was donated to charities and foundations, supporting over 2,500 libraries and hundreds of venues for concerts…

Theodore Roosevelt, also known as “Teddy”, was born on October 27th, 1858 in New York City, became not only the 26th president of the United States, but also the youngest man to ever hold office as the president. Growing up, Roosevelt was a very ill child. Most of his problems progressed due to his very serious asthma. Throughout his teenage years, Theodore dedicated his time to gymnastics and weight lifting. His work-out routine helped rise his confidence and all around self-worth. When Teddy…

paid viewing of one of their films at the Grand Café in Paris in 1895. Then we have another film pioneers named Georges Méliès. Méliès was a well-known illusionist and would incorporate these special effects into his films such as A Trip to the Moon (1902). He also was the one of the first directors to use the editing trick of cross-cutting to show a different almost cinema of attraction perspective of one scene in a film. The last of the pioneers during this growing film movement would be Edwin…