Charles Foster Kane, publisher of the New York inquirer and numerous other papers, and one of the richest men in the world, influenced America’s thinking for half a century. However, Kane is flawed, self-serving, destructive opportunist, a classic tragic figure doomed to fall. Because he had lots of money, Kane believed he could buy anything including the friendship and love. Message is simple: success, power, riches cannot replace love and tranquility. Many people walked out on Kane’s life: first wife Emily, the best friend Leland, and second wife Susan.
On February 9, 1859, Henry J. Raymond, editor of the New York Times, said something strange about Cornelius Vanderbilt. Raymond didn’t like Vanderbilt, a steamship tycoon with such a vast fleet that he was known as the Commodore, then the highest rank in the US Navy. In an editorial titled “Your Money or Your Line,” Raymond blasted him for taking a large monthly payment from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in return for Vanderbilt’s foregoing competition on the sea lanes to California. “Like those old German barons who, from their eyries along the Rhine, swooped down upon the commerce of the noble river and wrung tribute from every passenger that floated by,” Raymond wrote, “Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt .
Obituaries Richard Arkwright Richard Arkwright was born in Lancashire, England on December 23, 1732. He was the youngest of seven children and the son of a tailor, Thomas Arkwright. Money was tight for the Arkwright’s; little did they know they that their youngest son would become one of the richest men in England. Because the Arkwright’s were poor and couldn’t afford schooling, Richard learned to read and write by his cousin Ellen. Later, he was an apprentice barber and eventually opened his own tavern in Bolton.
The Gilded Age • “Gilded Age” by Mark Twain • New technology • Breaker boys: sat in coal refineries and picked out impurities in the coal • Corruption of every political office • Boss Tweed: one of the most corrupt figures of this time • Income disparity – extremely wealthy and extremely poor people • People are getting into debt • Government only cares about their own agendas • Social issues: immigration, international interventions, and new technology • Rise of industries leads to urbanization: the transition from rural to urban living to take advantage of new technology 80% in farms to 80% in cities • Rush of people to cities fills jobs but creates social problem: living conditions near all time low for most • Immigration to
Charles L. Reason Algebra II Trig Charles L. Reason was born July 21, 1818 in New York City to West Indies immigrants Michael and Elizabeth Reason. Charles attended the African Free School along with his brothers Elmer and Patrick both who are important historical figures in their own right. An excellent student in mathematics, Reason became an instructor in 1832 at the school at age fourteen this became a striking matter for the news, receiving a salary of $25 a year. He used some of his earnings to hire tutors to improve his knowledge. Later, he decided to enter the ministry but was rejected because of his race by the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City.
Final Exam Review John D. Rockefeller Born: 8 July 1839 Birthplace: Richford, New York Died: 23 May 1937 Best Known As: Standard Oil tycoon and big-time philanthropist One of the richest Americans in history, John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company and, later, a philanthropist whose wealth bankrolled the Rockefeller Foundation. Hard-working and meticulous, Rockefeller started out small and then made his fortune via hard-nosed and sometimes controversial business tactics, which have since made him an entrepreneurial hero to some, a greedy fiend in the eyes of others. He started in the oil business, and by the end of the century the Standard Oil Trust controlled so many other interests that it fell afoul of anti-trust
Winter Dreams During the winter in Black Bear Minnesota, there's this guy named, Dexter Green which is son of the second best grocery store. They have snowed in golf courses which Dexter was a caddy during the warmer months. He caddiest to earn his pocket money. Dexter's financial resources had been stretched, so he passes school for a countless affection. Dexter then finished schooling, and then he had borrowed 1,000 dollars from his degree to buy assistance in laundry.
The Gospel of Wealth was the most influential of his writings, however, in that Carnegie stressed that the wealthy had a moral obligation to give to philanthropic causes and serve as stewards of society. Four years later, in 1901, Carnegie was nearing the end of his business career and allowed J.P. Morgan to buy out his steel empire for an astonishing price of $480 million dollars (Ibid.). Morgan was able to create U.S. Steel, and Carnegie became the richest man in the world. Carnegie did not want to remain a shareholder in the steel company, however, so he put the $300 million in gold bonds that he received from the deal into a specially-built vault in New Jersey. He never wanted to see or touch any of the money (Swetnam and Smith 1993,
Nixon then devalued the American dollar; he did this by severing its ties to gold. This was initially a gold standard but Nixon felt that gold was holding back the value of a dollar and thus weakening the American Economy (Goldfield). Nixon did many great things in the white house during his terms, but you ask someone about President Nixon and they can usually only say one or two things. That is “Watergate (Nixon)” and or impeachment. Both of these issues took a major blow to Nixon’s life.
Graves, page 3 When he was nine his mother Nancy died of Milk Sickness. Abraham’s father married Sarah Johnston. Abe loved his new mom and her three children. Graves, page 5 Abraham had to work and did not get to school very often. But he loved to read books and would read whenever he got a chance.