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The Captains of Industry, to some, are considered amongst the first men to “build” the America we live in today. In my opinion, that is exactly what they are. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were innovators, but above all they were businessmen. Although most people see them as “robber barons”, the things they did was to some point for their personal wealth as well as for the good of this country. What most people don’t see is that what they did played an enormous role in…

During and after the Second World War the role of American women was drastically changing. For many years prior to the 1940’s, the traditional American woman was a housewife, a married woman whose duties were to care for the family and manage household affairs. During this time, women were rarely seen in the workplace unless they were unmarried. The only times there was a shift in these gender roles were when the country was experiencing economic depressions or a wartime crisis. The Second World…

Existentialist point of view since they prefer freedom over being controlled by laws. The main concept of this philosophy is individualism and the power to make a decision that solely reflects oneself. These ideas and more are included in author J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, where a young man named Holden Caulfield is coming to terms with the transition from childhood to adulthood throughout this novel. In the story, Salinger portrays existential elements through the pressure of…

An executive order I learned in Lesson 2, was Executive Order 9066. The Executive Order 9066 was issued during world war 2 on February 19, 1942. This sent not only Japanese-Americans, but German, and Italian-Americans as well into internment camps. This occurred ten weeks after the Japanese bombed pearl harbor. How did this executive order effect American citizens? Well for starters we ripped Japanese-AMERICAN citizens from their homes and their families, and through them in internment camps. We…

The decade after World War I, known as the Roaring Twenties, was when the rapid transformation had taken place as well as social conflicts and racial antagonism. Such transformation challenged people’s views on many aspects including social relations and politics. While the small number of upper/upper-middle class enjoyed the “phony prosperity” filled with easy money, cultural advancements and the innovative technologic products, many Americans were still struggling with poorness and feared for…

Born in Illinois, Bryan inherited a fervent commitment to the Democratic party and an acute Protestant faith from his parents. In 1887, when Bryan graduated from Illinois College and Union Law School, he married and, seeing no political future in Illinois, moved to Nebraska. Bryan won the election to congress in 1890, when the Populist party disrupted Nebraska politics; he was re-elected in 1892. Bryan’s great oratory skills won him great respect in Congress and he became a leader among…

What interested me the most in my social studies class were “The Sons of Liberty.” The Sons of Liberty were the masterminds of the boston tea party. “The Boston tea party” is when the colonist of Great Britain had dressed up as indians and dumped all the tea in the harbor. The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the…

In the 40´s of the biggest polemic was about the book “The Catcher in the rye”, written by J.D. Sallinger. Which gave the people a new perspective of teenager’s behaviour. The story is about a 16 years old boy, named Holden Caufield and it is told by his perspective. The story begins telling us about his life, specifically in the school, where he is about to be expelled because of his bad performance (he is falling almost all the subjects.) Holden studied in a boarding school called Pencey…

The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links together Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The concept of a canal through such mountainous views was thought of back in the 1500s, the canal would serve as a potential shortcut.The Panama Canal links over 160 countries worldwide. Ultimately, the Panama Canal was built to decrease the distance ships would have to take to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The 50-mile-stretch was built for an easy mode of transportation for shipping…

People are characterized by the way they act. As a result, people form an opinion and treat them a certain way. In the novel Belinda by Maria Edgeworth, the narrator characterizes Clarence Hervey as arrogant and stuck up. In doing so, the narrator develops Clarence’s complex character through the use of tone, point of view, and language. The narrator’s tone helps readers understand Clarence's arrogant personality. By the narrator's tone, which is disappointment, we can tell that Clarence’s…