American philanthropists

INRODUCTION The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc. India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub…

Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Even though Carnegie grew up with little formal education, he was raised in a family that believed in the gravity of books and learning (“Andrew Carnegie Biography” 1). When Carnegie was 13 years old, his family moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His first job was working as a bobbin boy in a textile mill for only $1.20 per week. One year later, he worked in a telegraph office as a messenger for a slightly…

aristocracy through illegal means. Men like John D. Rockefeller became philanthropists and they created foundations to help reverse this kind of bad publicity. They also got useful tax breaks. Foundations would allow robber barons to do the work governments couldn’t or wouldn’t do in areas like sanitation and transportation, healthcare, and especially education. The Influence of the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations on American Foreign Policy, Edward H. Berman argues that corporate…

This camp provided a learning experience for children of African American history and vocational skills. Moreover, the DUL provided boarding space for women and their…

Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the first female self-made millionaire in America. My project is about Madam C.J Walker. Madam C.J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867. Sarah was born in Irvington, NY. Sarah was best known for developing beauty and hair products. Madam C.J. Walker was one of six children. The first child was born into freedom. Then they became an orphan at the age of 7. Sarah’s parents died after the area was…

impoverished working class (The American Promise: A Concise History; 479). An analysis of poverty during The Gilded Age has been documented by various authors, these documents talk about what could’ve been done to help the impoverished during this time period. Most of the writers from the Gilded Age viewed social inequality as a problem, some to a higher degree than others. William Graham Sumner attempted to reach social equality by having humanitarians, philanthropists, and reformers come up…

acclaimed and controversial African American poets emerged, Phillis Wheatley. Stolen from her homeland, “pleasing Gambia…with native grace in spring”, by slave-traders and sold to the Wheatley Family in Boston, Massachusetts (Levernier), Wheatley became the first African American woman to publish a book of poems. Judged and criticized for neglecting her own state of slavery and becoming a Christianized slave, her work led to the embarrassment of future African American generations of writers and…

gain more wealth. He would eventually work on his own by building large oil pipes and creating the brand “Standard Oil”. His Ingenuity made him a clever and original businessman, steering him to success. His business would light the homes of Americans, and create the system of pipes that helped to transport oil. Rockefeller profited off of others and exploited features about them, giving him the title of “Robber…

When the fighting of the American Civil War had come to an end, the US saw the west as their future, liberating them from the turmoil and conflict of today and giving them a new tomorrow where they could develop themselves in new lands of financial and civil independence from the government. Unfortunately, while motivated by paintings and advertisements for this new tomorrow, Americans coming to the west still faced turmoil and conflict as people had to compete to build something of their own…

Government The House Of Burgesses led to the development of many other self representative parliaments in America. “A momentous precedent was thus feebly established, for this assemblage was the first of many miniature parliaments to flourish on american soil.”(28) What is meant by the term “plantation colony”? What were the plantation colonies? Why did they rely on indentured servitude? Define indentured servitude. The term “plantation colony” meant a colony that had expansive…