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- 1741: Al Capone
- ... the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Baptized "Alphonsus Capone," he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of two "kid gangs," the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. Although he was bright, Capone quit school in ... Albert "Sonny" Francis. Capone and Mae married that year on December 30. Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working for Yale. He also murdered two men while in New York, early testimony to his willingness to kill. In accordance with gangland etiquette, no one admitted to hearing or seeing a thing so Capone was never tried for the murders. After Capone hospitalized a rival ... dyeing plant chain in Chicago. Although he had been doing business with Capone, the corrupt Chicago mayor William "Big Bill" Hale Thompson, Jr. decided that Capone was bad for his political image. Thompson hired a new police chief to run Capone out of Chicago. When Capone looked for a new place to live, he quickly discovered that he was unpopular in much of the country. He finally bought an estate ...
- 1742: Teddy Roosevelt's Contribution to Natural Resources
- ... exhausted, when the soils have been...washed into the streams, polluting our rivers.² Roosevelt¹s leadership changed public perception that America¹s natural resources were inexhaustible. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. Roosevelt grew up with the challenges of asthma and poor eyesight, but did not let them keep him from his passions. Summers in Roosevelt¹s childhood were spent in the country. He enjoyed ... at Harvard, he intended to become an outdoor naturalist. Discouragement in the naturalist field instead led him to politics, where his interests could translate into more visible activism. In 1881, Roosevelt was elected to the New York State Assembly, and in December of 1887 he hosted a dinner for ten of his sportsmen friends. The group recognized that the extinction of the buffalo and the passenger pigeon could easily happen to ... night by Roosevelt, the club still exists today with the mission to promote two goals: The conservation of critical wildlife habitat and the principle of hunting in fair chase. In the 1890s, while governor of New York, Roosevelt helped ignite an interest in monitoring sewage treatment and discharge from tanneries and pulp mills. During his term as Governor, Roosevelt was in consultation with Gifford Pinchot and F.H. Newell, both ...
- 1743: Henry Ford
- ... for the People. The reason many people felt this way was because it was cheap and could be purchased by the average person. The Model A was so successful that Ford began working on a new car. Little did he know, it would become the most famous car ever. In 1907, the work on the Model T started. While working on the project, Ford never rushed his people to work harder ... and well built, over the course of 20 years, there were only minor changes made to it. As the Model T was at its top point of sales; a competitor came into the picture. A new company called General Motors started producing several kinds of cars. However, despite all of this, Ford Motor Company was still able to maintain the top position in their industry. To stay on top, Henry Ford ... have any color, as long as it’s black." The assembly line made it so that instead of taking 12 and half hours to make a car, it only took 1 and half with the new method. When Henry Ford had originally opened his plant, he was paying workers $2.34 per day for a 9 hour work day. However, when the Model T came out, Ford became so wealthy ...
- 1744: Intranets
- Intranets These days Intranets are becoming more and more popular throughout the business world and other types of organizations. Many companies and organizations are already making this change and many more are considering it. The advantages offered by Intranets when compared to other types of networks are many, at ... throughout the network without conflicting with one another. Quick access and easy programming is also another consideration that is made when considering this type of network. Intranets have just started to be implemented throughout the world and already a big change is being noticed. Companies are keeping track of all of their important information on web sites, which are restricted to users, unless they have the security code to access them ... Thanks to Internet technology, companies and other types of organizations are able to keep all of their information organized and easily accessible with a click of a button. The Internet, how has it changed the world around us? Government, education, business is all wrapping around it. Is this because of all of the information on it, simplicity or is it the quickness, with a simple point and click and the ...
- 1745: Compare And Contrast The Aims
- ... for mediocrity and laziness" . He wanted them to be the best. However, Malcolm X pointed to the fact that King's examples were always whites or those who had succeeded in a white man's world. Malcolm X would sooner point to those who had resisted white domination. Penultimately, King saw the "urgent need for strong courageous and intelligent leadership from the Negro community" . Finally and most obviously, he wanted the ... that Martin's aims compare favourably with Malcolm's later on in their lives is internationalism. As has already been discussed their views on the U.S. were very similar in this second phase. Their world outlook carried along these lines. When Malcolm realised that Islam cannot tolerate any form of racial discrimination, he had to think again about his Black Nationalist thinking. It deepened his international outlook, speaking more and ... s inhumane treatment of its black inhabitants. Previously Martin had always looked to Europe when talking about international affairs, but with Malcolm's influence he began to turn his focus to the rest of the world, especially Africa, Asia and Latin America. Like Malcolm, Martin believed that Negroes could not be free in America until the poor of the world were set free. Both saw the interrelatedness of life. "Martin ...
- 1746: The Potential For A U.N. Peace
- I. Introduction The bombing of Kosovo by NATO forces may finally come to an end. While the excuses for bombing the troubled region have been challenged, for the most part the world concurs that the atrocities gong on in that nation warranted international action. In any event, the bombing did start and it continues, despite the accidental hits on pedestrian villages and buildings which were not targets ... called "ethnic cleansing" is in full swing. Yet, the bombings seemed to have brought even more atrocities, something not unexpected. It was justifiable as had nothing been done, ethnic cleansing would continue. At least the world is doing something about the problem. Though the war itself will bring casualties on all sides, and plans of expensive rebuilding of eastern Europe in the future, it is seen as beneficial overall. While many ... the mission had begun no one was certain of the extent that Yugoslavia was prepared. They did believe that they would have a greater fight than what actually materialized. There were many demonstrations around the world opposing the action. Russian Prime Minister met with Milosevic in Belgrade on March 30 (PG). The mass exodus from Kosovo began during this first week of attacks. On March 31st it was learned that ...
- 1747: Business And The Environment
- ... and the environment is a tumultuous one. Corporations have abused and violated the environment for generations. These actions have now become unacceptable in our present society. There is growing concern for our natural resources; the world's forests, waterways, and air are noticeably tainted. In the last twenty years, the U.S. has become more vigilant in recognizing and passing acts to attempt to regulate and purify our environment. Between 1938 ... The Delaney Clause in 1958 added the prohibition of the sale of foods containing human or animal carcinogens to the original act. The Wilderness Act of 1964 outlawed the development of wilderness areas and gave new procedures for the appointment of new protected areas. In 1969, the National Environment Policy Act created a nation wide environmental policy and the Council on Environmental Quality. A year later, the first legislation passed for the Clean Air Act. It ...
- 1748: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
- ... main character, Randle Patrick McMurphy, fights to change the system in a mental hospital. McMurphy is outgoing, a leader and a rebel. There was a constant power struggle in the novel between the patient's new found savior McMurphy, and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients' rights and in ... man again who is fighting against the system. In this case the system is the government. He fights against the government in the future where the firemen burn books that are forbidden by the totalitarian brave new world regime. Guy Montag is a fireman who breaks free from the system to try to change it. Guy is also outgoing and a rebellious. He tries to change the system by educating himself ...
- 1749: Creative Story: Intellegence
- Creative Story: Intellegence It all started in the interesting city of New York. The smog ridden streets were filled with people. On a quiet little street corner, there was a small shop owned by Harvey Goldstein. Mr. Goldstein was a well-to-do merchant. He traded in ... was also an upstanding member of the Jewish community whom everybody loved, but he never did anything extra, out of the ordinary, for anyone but himself. On the other side of town there was a new arrival to the city. This man's name was Running Bear. He was an American Indian who had gone to New York to seek his fortune; however, he soon fell upon hard times. He had lived a life of monetary deprivation on the plains of Colorado, and had proceeded to New York by Amtrak with ...
- 1750: The Spanish-American War
- ... in what John Jay, the American secretary of state, later referred to as a "splendid little war; begun with highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave." From an American standpoint, because there were few negative results, and so many significantly positive consequences, John Jay was correct in calling the Spanish-American War a "splendid little war." The defeat of the Spanish ... hostilities in the war lasted four months, from April 25 to August 12, 1898. Most of the fighting occurred in or near the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines, nearly halfway around the world form each other. In both battlegrounds, the decisive military event was the complete destruction of a Spanish naval squadron by a vastly superior U.S. fleet. These victories, after brief resistance, brought about the surrender ... at-sea' victories, it did not take long for the American forces to force the Spanish to surrender, and also establish themselves as a strong military power. "The United States was finally emerging as a world power in the late 1890's, and was becoming aware of its potential strength, but was unsure of how to use it effectively." In the end, the Americans came out from the war as ...
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