Commodore

The man that took control of the Rail Road was “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt and was one of the first Big Businesses in the United States. This brought more economic development to the nation because of all the new transported goods across the country. These Rail Road’s transported iron, steel, and lumber…

Donald Trump, one of the most controversial and well-known construction business owner, knew he was able to dominate construction market when he was in college. Of Course, every business has its own ups and downs, including Trump Organization, but not many could stand back up after being hit with bankruptcy. Despite negative critics garnered through his recent presidential campaign, his recognition as an outstanding business tycoon has been neglected. After he took over his dad’s business,…

Japan was governed by the Toku-gawa Shogunate, instead of the emperor who was just a figure head. The Toku-gawa Shogunate was a secular government under a shogun (Bulliet, 728). There were also daimyos, who were given control of specific areas with little intervention of the Shogunate. There were many weaknesses in early Japan history. The biggest weakness came when they were threatened from the outside (Bulliet, 728). The main reason behind this was the necessary resources required to prevent…

on Stephen Crane’s own experience of a shipwreck in 1897. The story shows how with faith and not giving up in a significantly bad situation can be turned into good. As a correspondent Crane was on his way to Cuba to follow the war. His ship the Commodore sank and he was stuck on a lifeboat for thirty hours with a cook, oiler, and captain. The four individuals had to maintain a sense of hope to be able to survive the ordeal. (History.com) Looking at this story from a reader-response criticism the…

struggle that four men face with nature and its uncontrollable tendencies. The four men are depicted as a captain, correspondent, cook, and an oiler named Billie. The story starts with these men out at sea on a dinghy after their steamer ship the Commodore sank. Naturalists believe that human beings are shaped by heredity and environment and dominated by economic, social, or natural forces. This is shown in The Open Boat when the men struggle with the ocean and waves to safely get themselves to…

Aidan Williams Thesis Question: Did opening Japan benefit both countries involved? Thesis: Commodore Matthew Perry’s influence on Japan benefitted the United States immediately, however, moving out of isolation led to negative consequences for Japan. Intro President Millard Fillmore sent Matthew Perry to Japan to break the seclusion policy, sign diplomatic and commercial treaties, and thus open Japan to the West Foreign contact with Japan was limited “I have no other object in sending him to…

promote democracy and eliminate the Spanish’s barbaric actions on the Cubans. The tensions grew into a war known as the Spanish -American war, which consisted of battles in Cuba and the Philippine islands, another Spanish colony. In the eastern front, Commodore George Dewey and the United States Navy sailed to Manila Bay and quickly defeated the Spanish fleet. The quick defeat surprised McKinley, who ordered Dewey to hold on to the Philippines for now. In the February 2, 1899, the war ended in…

Vanderbilt when he was sixteen and bought a ferry for a loan of $100. Years after buying his first ferry, he has the largest shipping empire in the world. Because of his wealthy empire in shipping, he was so well known and earned the nickname “the Commodore”. Vanderbilt then took and sold everything he had in shipping and invested it into railroads. That good investment paid off because he ended up with a net worth of over sixty-eight million dollars, which is seventy-five billion today, making…

Even if someone didn’t know much about the social history of the Navy, they could probably still expect it to mirror, or even just closely align with, the social history of the nation it served. It’s certainly true of Hispanics in the Navy, and immigrants in general, but someone might not know how much opportunity the Navy afforded those who served, too. Indeed, it’s a remarkable fact, according to Naval historian Dennis Nelson, that little was made of race in the early years of the U.S. Navy.…

Robber Baron refers to the industrial businessmen of the nineteenth century (Stiles, “Robber”). “It conjures up visions of titanic monopolists who crushed competitors, rigged markets, and corrupted governments. In their greed and power, legend has it they held sway over helpless democracy,” (Stiles, “Robber”). Founding the debates over government regulation and private enterprise or opportunity and equality, these industrial titans were either condemned as robber barons or praised as captains of…