Andrew Martin

pouring into the town. The town,payed to be built by Andrew Carnegie and other rich powerful men was destroyed in a instance. It would take years to repair the damage to this town. The question is, is Andrew Carnegie and other wealthy men at blame for this incident? It could have been a honest mistake or could have been careless choice, the men in this disaster should have seen this coming, in other words it looks more like their fault. Although, Andrew Carnegie and the hunting and fishing club…

According to one source, Jackson “showed an intuitive grasp of strategy and tactics and built an outstanding intelligence network of native and white spies” (Hickey, 2014, p. 60). In knowing that the British forces outnumbered his forces, he recruited free blacks, refugees from Haiti, Baratarian Pirates, Louisiana militia, Tennessee and Mississippi volunteers and militia. This was only the start of Jacksons plans. Jackson would soon declare Martial Law so that he could turn the state of…

Do you like being buried alive? This is one of the many horrible things the Cherokee Indians did to Americans. The Indian Removal Act moved lots of Indian tribes to a reserve, this got them out of the way so America could expand westward. All the Indian tribes signed the treaty and all of them moved but one, the Cherokee. The Indian removal act was justified because the act was completely reasonable, The Cherokee did bad things to Americans in the past and they were the last tribe in the…

Transcontinental Railroad made Manifest Destiny easier to accomplish. The government supported the growth of business, so there was a large amount of corruption. There were three powerful men that had control over the economy. These were, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan. Rockefeller is considered to be America’s first billionaire. He owned the Standard Oil Company and became the largest business. He employed different tactics to eliminate the competition by buying…

femininity to a pretty toy. The woman is described as being able to “sew… cook… [and] talk talk talk” - a continued allusion to the 1950s image of the perfect housewife that can perform ‘wifely duties’ and talks constantly with no substance. Similarly, Andrew Marvell in To His Coy Mistress alludes to the dominance of the man in relationships and his attempts at courtship. Marvell addresses often taboo subjects such as “long-preserved virginity”; virginity has ancient connotations of value,…

The largest mass execution in U.S History, The Dakota Conflict, took place in 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota. Such a gruesome event, ended with 38 Dakota warriors hung at the same time. This all began with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand land from coast to coast. White business men having had this strong idea in their minds caused many difficulties between them and the Native Americans. Native Americans were unable to read or…

Shakespeare is known for his history in literature. In every book he has written, the drama that occurs engages the audience. In the play Twelfth Night, there are various parts where drama is created through the forms of betrayal . Throughout this play I, learned that honesty can prevent betrayal just like misunderstandings can create betrayal. Although there were many forms of betrayal demonstrated towards the end of the play, there was only one friendship in the form of betrayal between the…

The film I’m reviewing is “Finding Nemo”. This movie is about the adventures of two fishes named Marlin and Dory looking for Marlin’s son Nemo. In the beginning Marlin was ready to have a family with his wife named Coral because their eggs were a few days away from hatching. Marlin got a new home, which is an anemone by the deep ocean. One thing led to another, and a barracuda shows up to attack Marlin and his family. Marlin tries to defend his wife and eggs, but to no avail he gets knocked out…

The clock is clicking and time is passing, so do not waste your time and make the most out of it. Andrew Marvell created a three stanza poem in where he expresses his physical and emotional needs to a woman he desperately wants something from. In "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell tones of intimate love and desperate urgency reveals Marvell's argument that in a world where time is limited, life's true meaning is to persuade his coy mistress to lose her virginity to him. Although, Marvell…

History has never been the pleasant place, for conflicts have never stop flowing through the table of decision. In the twenty-first century, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew proposed substituting Harriet Tubman, “the former slave and abolitionist,” on the twenty dollar bill as well as adding women leaders on the five and ten dollar bills. The Women on 20s, an online group, demanded the honor of Tubman on the twenty dollar bill while the treasurer of the United States, Rosie Rios, pushed for the…