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successful in life from his teachings. Junior, John’s son, signed a pledge at the age of 10 to never smoke, drink, or swear, since the Rockefellers were christians. Rockefeller enjoyed going to church. In his early social life, he began attending the Erie Street Baptist Church. He would attend Sunday service twice a day and also a service on Friday night. John was a committed christian who supported temperance (“John D. Rockefeller”, 2010). Being a philanthropist, Rockefeller helped to create…

community in Arizona, California, Illinois, and Michigan. He also protested an anti-gay mayor in Troy, Michigan. He attended city council meetings to voice his opinions—the mayor was eventually recalled. He also married his partner in a conservative town— Erie, Pennsylvania. In addition, he has lent his support to friends and family that have had to go through the emotional coming out process. Shaun participated Affirmations of Ferndale, Michigan, a youth group that supported young people that…

people. According to the article, Legacy by Joan Chittister, our legacy is “the qualities of life we leave behind.”(216) Chittister is a Benedictine Monastic who has penned several books, speaking actively and is the Prioress of the Benedictines of Erie. The chapter from her book The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully, titled Legacy is about how the life we have lived doesn’t just fade off into the distance once we pass. Chittister takes us through a journey of what a legacy means and…

The North and the South, though part of one country, were two incredibly different regions because of the ways in which they emerged. Three of the major differences between the North and the South were the geography and climate, the economy, and the societal differences. Another key factor in the development of the North and South as distinct regions was their methods of transportation. One significant difference between the North and the South was their geography and climate. In the North the…

Triumph of the City: Book Report The future is not Orange County. The future is not West Bloomfield, Michigan. The future is not Rye, New York. The future is Detroit. As preposterous as that statement might seem, it is one Edward Glaeser and I, both believe to be true. While suburbs are always going to be a part of the American and international lifestyle, in my opinion, they will never be the focal part of our future. Cities, on the other hand, have always been a fixture and will always be a…

Market Revolution The Market Revolution changed the face of American History by advancing three main developments. This revolution changed the way the citizens lived from being able to buy goods instead of bartering, being able to bring in more income for the family or the opportunity to ship goods faster and in many directions. Commercialization, industrialization and transportation changed the way Americans lived from this point forward. Everyone’s lives were affected by this national…

The biggest challenge facing urban planners, especially in California, is recovering from the elimination of redevelopment in 2012. Redevelopment agencies (RDAs) were originally put in place to revitalize rundown properties and turn them into physical attractions and economic machines. The land that was eventually developed would then later be sold at a fair market value to developers who thought big on what projects to construct that were also consistent with a city’s development goals and…

With the opening of the Erie canal an ever increasing amount of young males were leaving to the west, leaving their families and especially women to fend for themselves (Hindle 194). The Lowell mills rectified this problem by promoting a new industrial workforce. Young women were…

One of America’s most important wars began in 1861 and lasted for four long, brutal years. During this time the Union and the Confederacy, also known as the Northern and Southern states, respectively, fought against each other for what they believed to be their constitutional rights. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the President during this time, while the Confederacy was led by Jefferson Davis. The Civil War resulted in the death of over 500,000 people, more than any other war America has…

Nursing as a profession started when Florence Nightingale showed the world importance of nursing in patient care before that nursing and nurses never gained respect and popularity. After the development of professional nursing, it never looked back and continued to grow as a major component of any health care systems in the world. Today nurses not only perform bedside nursing but joined doctors to provide more complex direct patient care by gaining knowledge and trust of the people. Nurses are…