Congress of Industrial Organizations

Northern politicians sympathetic to the Southerners over the Freedmen allowed such unconstitutional polices be enacted with no resistance. Poverty swept throughout the South and they only experienced a fraction of the benefits which came from the Industrial Revolution. In addition, the Klu Klux Klan had begun to terrorize and attacking Freedmen and their supports in the…

political beliefs, decrease crime rates and mob rule ( Webb, 2008). His influence over the course of his 12 years a secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education could be seen in the better teaching methods and curriculum for common schools, organization of the first normal schools, and the importance of schools in improving social…

A president is truly affective when he is able to get his policy agenda through Congress. For him to do this, it is paramount that he has the support from the majority of the public. When a president is unpopular, members of Congress will have little incentive to pass his preferred legislation, since doing so will potentially have negative consequences (i.e. not winning reelection). It is also important that a president be a competent negotiator if he is to get his agenda passed. It would be…

Perestroika is widely regarded as one, if perhaps not the sole reason, that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or U.S.S.R, came to a dissolution on December 26th, 1991. The economic reforms that it pushed for and prompted are what allowed non-communist aspects to be incorporated into the Soviet Union and caused an uproar in political reforms such as Glasnost and the eventual fall of a traditional eastern communist system to a new western style capitalist system. To understand why…

American women had a big effect on World War Two and World War Two changed the way America saw its women. American women served their country in the armed forces, in industry, and on the home front. Over 350,000 women served at home and abroad in the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. After the Pearl Harbor attacks women could serve in army, navy, marines and coast guard. The military needed women to do smaller tasks to free up men for active duty. Women served in auxiliary…

country back together, but it ended up being a disappointing failure. As the Civil War came to a close, multiple questions had to be asked. How would the Confederacy be allowed back and with what punishments? Would black men have full equality? Would Congress or the president establish the new laws? These questions would have to be answered over the next decade. Before the war was even over, President Lincoln was planning for Reconstruction (Reconstruction OL). He had declared…

Free Trade Free trade policies have been in effect since the first stages of the Industrial Revolution; however, the theory of free trade has always been linked with conflict. 1976 Nobel Prize winner, Milton Friedman, once said in an interview that many people forget, "the most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit” (PBS). This fundamental problem brought up by Friedman is prevalent in the minds of millions of Americans.…

Leon Trotsky’s responsibilities varied during his lifetime as he assumed many different positions in the different factions of the Revolution. Trotsky became a Social Democrat in 1903, resulting in his joining of the Mensheviks at the Second Part Congress. He would split with them not long after. In 1905 Trotsky become the chairman of the St Petersburg Soviet, which would later be raided resulting in exile. Trotsky would then return to Russia in May 1917, only to join the Bolsheviks, the enemy…

America wasn’t always known as the World’s Leading Superpower. It wasn’t until the Cold War that America was coined this name for its’ powerful military and flourishing economy. However, this title wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the Industrial Revolution. As a result of the modernization during the years 1865 to 1900, America advanced into a dynamic and urbanized nation of faster transportation, new machinery and technology, and an increased population. Throughout the many changes, both…

Life during the Great Depression was terribly hard for most Americans and the gap between those that “have” and those that “have-not”. Unemployment during 1932 rose from 5 million to a shocking 13 million by year end. The state of North Carolina was primarily rural, and therefore one that would feel the greatest sufferings. Franklin Delano Roosevelt would offer comfort by introducing what would be called “The New Deal”, in an effort to put people back to work and strengthen a very depressed…