Homestead

to the Homestead Strike and Lockout; where it included a list of men that died. Many of the men on the list were part of Homestead, but only one was regarded as a striker. When only one group of people were protesting for better working conditions, the competence of the protest was inherently modulated than a strike that included a diverse array of workers. However, most labor unions consisted of white males from different ethnic backgrounds (immigrants). Those who protested in the Homestead…

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• Name of Industrialist: Andrew Carnegie. • How did he acquire his wealth? - Andrew Carnegie was born into a family who believed in the importance of books and learning in Dunfermline, Scotland. After he immigrated to the United States in 1858, he started with his first job as a telegrapher and then invested in railroads. With constant efforts, he established the Carnegie Steel Company in 1889 that was the largest steel company in the world. He made huge sums of money from the steel industry.…

he was there not once did he bend to the will of Calypso. She offered him immortality saying “Stay right here, preside in our house with me and be immortal.” yet he still refused her. And when Odysseus returned home, he found the suitors in his homestead. So, to save his wife from this treachery, he planned in secret the suitors doom. And when the time was right he revealed himself and slew the suitors. When the maid had seen what had happened, she went to Penelope and said to…

Prince Kuhio Prince Jonah Kuhio kalanianaole was born on March 26, 1871. His connection to the royal family is that he is queen liliuokalani's cousin. Prince Kuhio was born and raised in a town called koloa, Kauai. He attended going to the royal school on O’ahu, originally called the chief’s children’s school. When he was done with school he went to st. Matthew’s college in California, the royal Agricultural college in England, and then eventually graduated from a business college That was also…

The powerful Industrialists of the gilded age are often negatively connotated, due to the deceptive behavior and questionable activities that they are known to have partaken in. Four notable men of this standing were John D. Rockefeller, monopolizer of the oil industry, Andrew Carnegie, in the steel industry, J.P. Morgan, a financier and banker, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was wealthy and powerful in the railroad industry and built the Transcontinental railroad. Although they were in many ways…

discovered there were profits to be made as mercenaries. Their job would be to escort scab workers to the company, intimidate strikers, and prevent strikers from damaging property. And, sometimes things turned deadly. On one standoff in 1892, in Homestead, PA, it became a battle scene with fires, a cannon, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and ending with three Pinkerton employees and ten strikers dead (Grabianowski).…

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…

The United States of America is an economical powerhouse, but it was not always like that, and between 1865-1880, everything changed. Affluence in a country is not earned not given, and the reconstruction era left an immense impact on the future of wealth. Natural resources, farming and new industries as well as the rise of entrepreneurialism were all key factors in developing wealth throughout the country. America was among many of the economic leaders of the world, however there were…

Tragedy of the Commons in the American West: The Cattle Boom Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons is a fundamental principle in the study of environmental science. Hardin’s classic example is the herdsman who desires to selfishly maximize their economic gain at the expense of their community’s shared pasture. In his example, the commons are a shared resource or the open range. Each herdsman is located in a society that prioritizes constant economic gain, while there are limited resources.…