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- 891: J.P. Morgan
- ... But Robert LaFollette, the Wisconsin progressive, saw him as "a beefy, red-faced thick-necked financial bully, drunk with wealth and power." Despite conflicting opinion on his persona, his influence and character shaped the business world more so than any other person at the turn of the century. Morgan was a banker, railroad czar, industrialist, financier, philanthropist, yachtsman, and ladies' man. He was king to a handful of millionaire barons who ... the fact that his son had "many admirable qualities for a worker" To the company, J.P brought an energetic and enterprising spirit, mathematical wisdom, great confidence and a useful tie with the English banking world. In less than three years Morgan went from clerk to cashier in the company. Although, he was denied a promotion when his father requested one, he did receive a promotion in the firm later in ... was now at the head of houses in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris. He was the commanding figure in international finance. Pierpont Morgan was an imposing figure on Wall Street and in the financing world but was virtually unknown to many until 1869. That year a war over railroads began including Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, both famous financiers. Gould already had dominant control over the Erie railroad and ...
- 892: Margaret Sanger
- ... their plight. To her it made no sense that the poor should always have such large families, did the poverty breed the large families or did the large families breed poverty? The difference between the world where she worked and the world where she lived astounded Margaret. At home, Bill would host dinner parties for prominent socialists and radicals; in this he was much like her father. Margaret once pointed out to them, "Poverty and large families ... in Manhattan and began her own newspaper called The Woman Rebel. In it she advocated "militnet feminism" and the right to practice birth control. The motto of her newly founded newspaper was: "To look the world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes; to have an idea; to speak and act in defiance of convention." (Douglas 50). Money was never of any concern to Margaret; ...
- 893: Sir Robert Laird Borden
- ... Canadian federation. In 1896, the Conservative party was in extreme need for new people and the Halifax Conservatives thought Robert to be a good candidate. In the beginning, Robert was hesitant to enter into the world of politics, but finally agreed to run for parliament. He ended up winning the election even though Prime Minister Charles Tupper of the Conservative government, was overthrown. In 1900, Robert Borden was reelected to Parliament ... s relationship with Great Britain and Canada's relationship with the United States. The biggest problem in Canada's relations with Great Britain was the inquiry of what role Canada would play in any major war fought by the British Empire. Because British leaders anticipated that a war with Germany was likely, they thought Canada should construct troops and build ships and that the Canadian Parliament should decide if and when they should be used. So in 1910, Parliament passed a bill, ...
- 894: Brave New World 8
- ... inspired rock singer Jim Morrison to name his group "The Doors." Then in 1963 Huxley with his wife by his side ingested a dose of mescaline while on his deathbed. Aldous Huxley s, Brave New World shows humanity, that an obsession with a utopia, as they world they live in, will come with great cost and is near impossible as he shows that the problem is knowledge destroys value of life. As man has progressed through the ages, there has been, essentially ... purpose is to arrive at a utopian society, where everyone is happy, disease is nonexistent, and strife, anger, or sadness are unheard of. Only happiness exists. But when confronted with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, we come to realize that this is not, in fact, what the human soul really craves. In fact, Utopian societies are much worse than those of today. In a utopian society, the individual, who ...
- 895: Stanley And Livingstone And Th
- ... met a man named Henry Morton Stanley who helped him get a job and took care of John and was practically like a father to John. After a few years he served in the Civil War. By now John Rowlands had changed his name to Henry Morton Stanley. He took a job with the New York Herald and was sent to Africa as a correspondent. He was then sent around the ... source of the Nile. He was able to explore Lake Victoria and navigated the whole Congo River all the way to the Atlantic. Both Stanley and Livingstone were considered heroes and were known around the world for their hard work in Africa. When Livingstone died, Britain had a day of mourning for him. Stanley was elected into the British Parliament and received two medals of honor from Belgium who had financed ... Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium. These decisions were made without any input from the African tribes and countries and were met with much resistance but only Ethiopia was able to defeat Italy. After World War 1 the colonial empires concentrated on keeping the land they had and started many new and stable white settlements in Africa. Railroads were built and other forms of transportation were established. Farmers were ...
- 896: Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures in The Sun Also Rises
- ... Wound is symbol of life in years after W.W.I. C. Wound from accident. 1. Accidents always happen. 2. Can't prevent accidents. 3. “It was like certain dinners that I remember from the war. There was much wine and ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent.” D. Condition represents a peculiar form of impotence. E. Restrained romantic. F. Private grief with Cohn's ... Lady Brett Ashley. A. First appears with a group of homosexuals. B. Wears man's hat on short hair. C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”. D. All complete distortion of sexual roles. E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man. F. This is like Jakes demasculation. G. All releases her from her womanly nature. H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her equals ... unhappy medium.” D. “Romero provides an image of integrity against which Barnes and his generation are weighed. From this point, Pedro can be seen as the real hero, man whose code gives meaning to a world where love and religion are defuncts, where the proofs of manhood are difficult and scarce, and where every man must learn to define his own moral condition and then live up to them. VI. ...
- 897: Who was Adolf Hitler?
- Who was Adolf Hitler? Adolf Hitler was the Führer (Leader) of Nazi Germany, the instigator of World War II and the driving force behind the attempt to exterminate European Jewry, otherwise known as the Final Solution or the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, in Austria, on April 20, 1889, the ... but was rejected both times. Between 1909 and 1913, he lived in Vienna. There is controversy as to whether he was destitute there. He moved to Munich (Germany) in 1913, and was still there when World War I broke out in August 1914. Hitler enlisted in the German army and saw four years of front-line service during which he was wounded several times and decorated for bravery twice. He ...
- 898: Japan On Its Way To Be The World's Largest Economy
- Japan On Its Way To Be The World's Largest Economy Japan has performed a miracle. The country's economic performance following its crushing defeat in World War II is nothing short of astounding. The economic expansion of Japan is second to none. All of the elements are in place for Japan to continue increasing its share of the world's wealth ...
- 899: Lenis, Vladimir
- ... be brought about by many causes. Whether through becoming too large for their own good, being ruled by a series of out of touch men, falling behind technologically, having too many enemies, succumbing to civil war, or a combination: no country is safe. The Russia of 1910 was in atremendously horrible situation. She had all of these problems. Russia would not have existed by 1920 were it not for Vladimir Ilich ... government traded grain to other countries in exchange for machinery, even though it meant that more people would starve (Haney 17). Compound this with the devastation and desperation brought on shortly thereafter by the First World War, and there was no confidence left in the government. Different political factions formed, and none got along (U.S.S.R. 63). Liberal constitutionalists wanted to remove the czar and form a republic; social ...
- 900: Yalta
- ... S.R, known back then, and now known as Russia. Roosevelt had two primary goals at Yalta, and he secured them both, during the negotiations. One these key objectives was to involve Stalin in the war against Japan. The Americans had lost too many people since the battles fought with Australia against Japan were bloody ones. And, since it was not clear how to defeat the Japanese since they were so devoted to their country (recall the Kamakasi), Roosevelt wanted Russian involvement in the war. His other major objective at the Crimea conference was to ensure the creation of the UN along the lines proposed by the Americans. “FDR believed that the UN was the only device that could keep ... rapidly as transportation problems will permit”(2). So, it came as no surprise to Churchill, when at Yalta, FDR stated that American troops will not remain in Germany for more than two years after the war. He later explained in more detail why he made such a decision, and he stated that the American public will be more involved in “world activity” since they now were in a international organization ...
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