Albert Speer – rise to prominence Albert Speer was a significant figure in German history due to his various architectural projects and his appointment as Minister for Armaments. Although he claimed to be apolitical, Speer joined the Nationalist Social party on March 1st, 1931 and from they’re his career in the Nazi party prospered. Speer’s first contribution to the Nazi party was as a chauffer, as district head of the Nazi Motorist League, where he met Karl Hanke. A recommendation by Hanke to Goebbels, gave Speer his first architectural assignment of decorating Goebbels headquarters in Berlin. Hitler approved the finished result, however Goebbels did not like its simplicity and had it redecorated.
“By January 1892, the Borgenichts had twenty people working for them…” (146). By conventional standards, one can argue the Borgenichts were not overtly successful. However, one must take into account the idea of relative success. Compared to the lives the Borgenichts lived in their respective home countries, live in the United States was prosperous and successful. Gladwell states, “the longer he [Louis] and Regina stayed up at night sewing aprons, the more money they made the next day on the streets” (149) .
In 1817 King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia decreed a unification of the Lutheran and Reformed churches in Prussia, and his action was accompanied by the rulers of several of the smaller German states. Compared to previous oppressions the methods were relatively mild, but the result was that entire congregations came to America, lock, stock, and barrel, in order that they could worship God without intrusion from the state. Another important reason for the German immigration was the demand of long military service. During the first half of the nineteenth century, young German men were forced to serve up to five years in the army for the substantial sum of four cents a day. The army was full of privation for those who were not among the officer rank.
Introduction In this assignment, I will explore what the print revolution was and the impacts it had on early modern Europe. I will discuss the areas which it had a transforming influence, as well as presenting the alternative viewpoint that the print revolution was in fact not the key contributor and could not have had such an impact without other enabling factors. Johan Gutenburg is widely credited with the invention of the printing press. In 1454 the first book was printed on his movable metal type press in Mainz, Germany. In fact, Gutenburg’s creation was a combination of “three innovations: a way of producing movable metal type, a new kind of oil-based printer’s ink and the wooden hand press” (Knights and McShane, 2009, p.183).
Cameron Trimpey-Warhaftig Business, Industry, and Labor 1. Factors promoting Am Industrialization – Natural resources for raw goods (coal, iron ore, copper, lead, timber, and oil), Labor supply due to loads of immigrants cheap labor, Capital for investing in Am business, Technological advances (2nd industrial revolution), Pro-Business gov’t policies – Protective tariffs, little regulation of business, low taxes on profits, RR system, protection of private property 2. Characteristics of Am business 1840-1920 – 3. America’s first “big” business – Railroads 4. Railroad time – At the General Time Convention, RRs agreed to the 5 time zones that lasted for 35 years 5.
Children were also encouraged to buy 10-cent to 25-cent stamps that they could put into a stamp booklet and eventually raise the $18.75 needed for a full bond. Schools would also have mini bond drives and compete against neighboring schools to raise the most money. To supervise the sale of war bonds the United States Congress required a lot of help; the War Finance Committee was created and put in charge of the 8 bond drives, which lasted from November 29, 1942 to December 8, 1945, and raised over $185.7 billion to cover half of the war cost (US
Omni Case Write Up Situation Gentech is an office equipment company that manufactures a variety of office equipment. It is the world leader in the industry with sales over $4.2 billion. They are an extremely important client for Omni and its annual purchases from the company occasionally totaled up to $800K. They have experienced erosion of market share and profit margin due to foreign competition, and have fallen behind in utilizing advanced electronics design and manufacturing techniques. For this reason they are modernizing and automating their manufacturing facilities over 5 years at a cost between $45-$60 million.
Reagan’s policies reflected conservative politics and contributed to simulation of the economy in many ways. Reagan was one of the people that where involved with the Economic Recovery Tax act in 1981. The Economic Recovery Tax Act cut all income taxes by twenty five percent, and reduced the top income tax rate from seventy percent to fifty percent. In the beginning of the fall in 1982 the economy began a sixth straight mount growth due to the Economic Recovery Tax Act. This was the longest uninterrupted period of expansion since the government started keeping track in 1854.During this time fifteen million new jobs were created and just under twenty trillion dollars worth of good and services were produced.
Equiano published his own autobiography, The Life of Olaudah Equiano the African in 1789. He travelled throughout England promoting the book. It became a bestseller and was also published in Germany (1790), America (1791) and Holland (1791). He also spent over eight months in Ireland where he made several speeches on the evils of the slave trade. While he was there he sold over 1,900 copies of his book.
After school (at the age of 15), he started working in 1855 as a draftsman for Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper; three years afterwards for Harper's Weekly.Nast drew for Harper's Weekly from 1859 to 1860 and from 1862 until 1886. In 1860 he went to England for the New York Illustrated News to depict the prize fightbetween Heenan and Sayers, and then joined Garibaldi in Italy as artist for The Illustrated London News. Nast's