Andrew Carnegie
In the early 1870s Andrew Carnegie became the largest steel producer in the nation and one of the richest men in America. According to lecture 3, Andrew Carnegie had few regulations, which made him a wealthy and dominant force in the U.S. Carnegie’s steel mill was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carnegie’s steel worker made to work in a dangerous and a poor work environment. The working conditions at the steel mill were so dangerous that it was likely they would lose their life. Carnegie forces his worker to work a twelve-hour workday. The steel workers wanted to work in a better work environment; they organized a steel worker’s union.
The Homestead Strike of 1892, started when the workers of the Carnegie steel mill wanted better working condition and protection after the death of one of their coworkers. Carnegie went to Europe to avoid any backlash that may come from the strike. Carnegie placed his overseer Henry Frick in charge of bringing order back to the mill. Frick stated that he would single handily UN-unionize the steel union. Frick then hired ex-Civil war veterans to help him remove the worker form the mill. There was an altercation between the mill workers, Frick and the militia and bring the altercation shots were fired a dozen men were killed. Upon Carnegie’s return from Europe, he fired the union workers and replaced them with non-union workers; most of the union workers got their jobs back.
Eugene Debs
Debs was the secretary of the brotherhood society, by 1883; Debs resign from his position and organize industrial union railroad workers. Debs started the American Railway Union Eugene Debs a “socialist and a labor organizer got involved with the strike...
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...he international support help in resolving problems between the nation and help to avoid repeating the same mistakes the League made.
Woodrow Wilson
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson a Democrat defeated Republican nominee Bull Moose to become the 28th president of the United States, he was the commander and chief during World War I. Wilson graduated from Princeton University, and he was a professor of the University.
Wilson fought against push for progressive reform and women's suffrage but once he became President Wilson passed laws for progressive reform. History.com stated that under President Wilson presidency congress passed the Underwood-Simmons Act, which reduced the tariff on imports and imposed a new federal income tax. Wilson also established the Federal Trade Commission, improve child labor laws, and eight-hour workday for railroad workers.
Andrew Carnegie, the monopolist of the steel industry, was one of the worst of the Robber Barons. Like the others, he was full of contradictions and tried to bring peace to the world, but only caused conflicts and took away the jobs of many factory workers. Carnegie Steel, his company, was a main supplier of steel to the railroad industry. Working together, Carnegie and Vanderbilt had created an industrial machine so powerful, that nothing stood in its path. This is much similar to how Microsoft has monopolized the computer software
Woodrow Wilson, our 23rd president, became involved in a war that he did not want any part of. Wilson wanted to remain neutral and have peace as in his first term of office. During World War I Wilson’s roles in the war became well known in all countries. Wilson wanted peace more than anything else. In seeking for peace Wilson asked Congress for the U.S. to enter World War I. which may not sound like a peace strategy but Wilson felt it was the only way to stop Germany and gain peace. Wilson wrote his speech for world peace, Fourteen Points, that he was probably most famous for. He attended and played an integral part in The Treaty of Versailles. He was the founder of the League of Nations, which he talked about in his Fourteen Points speech. .
Eugene Debs began working on the railroads at age 14, and in 1893, at age 38, he founded the American Railway Union. The union dissolved after a violent strike in 1894. Debs served a six-month jail sentence for his participation in the strike and turned to radical politics soon after being released. Despite persecution for his political beliefs, Debs ran as the Socialist candidate for president five times. He collected 6 percent of the vote in 1912. The socialist doctrine demands state ownership and control ...
All in all, Roosevelt and Wilson’s domestic policy made an improvement on the progressive movement and America. However, they both ignored did hurt the aspect of civil rights. Their policies immensely changed the role of the government for future presidents.. The government’s role in big businesses, labor conditions, civil rights, consumerism, and conservation were distinctly influenced by Roosevelt and Wilson. Some of the new progressive ideas used by these presidents are still used today such as the income tax, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank, and preserving national parks. While other policies led to more efficient modern policies, such as the Pure Food and Drug Act becoming the FDA. Without the help of these two progressive presidents, the U.S. wouldn’t have made it far in reforming America.
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War 1 and crafted the Versailles Treaty’s “Fourteen Points.” Wilson was the leading force in the Progressive movement. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and supported the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote. Wilson achieved significant progressive reform. Congress passed the Underwood-Simmons Act, which reduced the tariff on imports and imposed a new federal income tax. It also passed legislation establishing the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission investigates and prohibits unfair business practices. During Wilson’s term he focused on three types of reform: tariff reform, banking reform, and business reform.
It is important to understand that Debs’ always had a passionate involvement with railroad workers and would always use his experience with them as a model and inspiration for advancing his later socialist ideals. Debs began his involvement with the labor movement when he took a job as a railroad firemen in Mi...
The unions resorted to many forms of tactics such as boycotts, picketing, and the less prominent “closed shop”. The most prevalent of these methods, however, was the formation of riots. During the late 19th century riots included: the Haymarket Square Riots (1886), the Homestead Lockout, and the Pullman Car Company strike. The Haymarket Square Riots of 1886 took place at the McCormick plant in Chicago, Illinois in response to the worker’s need for an eight hour workday. The first two days were innate, but the third day was where the the situation actually instigated the cause. The owner of the plant, McCormick, attempted to bring strikebreakers (scabs), and a battle had begun between the scabs and the strikers. The riot, wistfully, ended the lives of four men when the police began to attempt to impede and halter the situation. These four deaths initiated a chain reaction resulting in the calling for the revenge of the four men by German radical Johann Most. Despite Johann’s reaction, 200 more Chicago policemen ordered the remaining strikers to leave the area. In the crowd, in the moment, a homemade bomb was hurled leading in the death of one policeman; acting as a predecessor of events, this event lead to a shooting between the policemen and the strikers concluding with the death of four workers and seven more policemen; entirely approximately one hundred people were injured. The Haymarket Riots caused public opinion to turn against labor. The Homestead Lockout took place in Homestead, Pennsylvania at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant and was instigated by Henry Clay Frick’s wage cut. In this riot workers walked out of the company and then Frick ordered company doors to be locked and trapped the workers inside. Employees rebelled and caused about 200 Pinkerton detectives to come up the river to protect company property and created a battle.
According to Link, Wilson served two consecutive terms totaling eight years in office. During his time in office Wilson faced quite a few hardships, but perhaps the most significant event that Wilson was consumed in was World War I. From the beginning of his presidency Wilson was always looking ahead for long term goals and had a strong faith in democracy. Wilson had always had an interest in foreign affairs and policies, and was determined to end US isolation through practice of fair trade. (Link.pg3&8) Wilson took a personal role in foreign affairs as well as ones on the US home front. He was also extremely an...
I had a Political science professor that once said “Political survey answers depend more on how a question is asked than on what the question is asking.” I read and reread the above question. I have to admit that even after 15 weeks of topic discussions, PowerPoint, text chapters and Google; I am still confused about how tax expenditure works. The nearest I can figure out and in plain English, it is simply a tax break. That being said, this question is very methodically asked. The term “anti-poverty programs” is a gentle, non threatening term that will be met with compassion and kindness among more than 85% of (surveyed) US citizens. Second “tax expenditures” is a confusing term associated with the mean IRS that must have something to do with the government taking hard earned money and doing something with it, but what? Who knows? The final term is the big, bad anti-conservative term that only about 11% of surveyed Americans actually greet with any positivity. So the question in our subconscious mind flows something like: “What are the advantages and disadvantages of helping people who need it with your tax money instead of giving it to people who don’t want to work?” But that’s not what the question is asking. Because I know that my subconscious takes into consideration, the information it believes is true. First anti-poverty programs, such as Medicaid, are in most people’s minds still welfare. Before the New Deal many of the anti-poverty programs, as well as welfare (utility assistance, help purchasing groceries, etc.) were funded completely through private charities....
During the rise of industry and unions in the United States, society, politics, and economics were all developing into what we know as life today. Some influencers of these reforms were businessmen who grew a small business into what was essentially an empire. Their hold on big business caused any other businesses to fail, leading to the formation of economic policy over monopolies. One of these businessmen, Andrew Carnegie, built a steel monopoly that, through vertical integration, liquidated any steel-related competition. Carnegie changed big business in the United States by influencing business policies, paving the path for future large companies, and inspiring the wealthy to help the poor and general society.
At the age of 56, Woodrow Wilson was sworn into office in March 1913. He was the last American president to travel to his inauguration ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage. Wilson achieve significant progressive reform when he first got into the white house. “Congress passed the Underwood-Simmons Act, which reduced the tariff on imports and impose a new federal income tax” (History.com). The congress also passed legislation establishing the Federal Reserve which provides a system for regulating the nation’s banks, credit and money supply and the Federal Trade Commission which investigates and prohibits unfair business practices. Wilsons’s other accomplishments includes child labor laws, an eight-hour day for railroad workers and government
The strike affected much of the country, and it had great influence on public opinion on the rights of workers. It showed how the roles of management and the roles of government handled this situation. The Pullman Strike of 1894 and its aftermath had a huge effect on the course of the labor movement in the United States. The use of federal troops and the labor injunction sent a message to U.S. workers that would not change until the new deal of the 1930s. George Pullman was no longer look at as the great enlightened employer who took care of his workers, but a greedy intolerant man. After the strike he was worried that people would rob him so when he was buried he had it lined in concrete so no one could. The Pullman strike ultimately was unsuccessful at the time. Workers were sent to jail and many couldn’t find any jobs after. Although, it was successful in several ways. The federal government was involved for the first time in history because of a strike, and because they all took a stand for their human rights it impacted the future and how workers are treated
Steel production in the United States keeps one name in mind, Andrew Carnegie, the Master of Steel. Carnegie was a self-made business man who went on to become one of the wealthiest men in the nineteenth century. Carnegie possessed something he called his “gospel of wealth.” The methods by which Carnegie gained his wealth is widely criticized. Carnegie also had multiple sneaky business plans as well. The author relates the failure of Carnegie to the failure of America as well. Due to a small percent of the population controlling most of the money it caused many problems not only socially but also economically. The Master of Steel, Andrew Carnegie, was a genius during his time but had many unfortunate repercussions as a result of his actions.
Eugene V. Debs was born on November 5, 1855 in Terre Haute IN. He took interest into politics, so the first organization he enter was the Democratic City Clerk. He also made his way into the railroad industry by forming the American railroad union in 1892. Debs lead most of the strikes including the Great Northern railway. He gained support when he was taken to jail, because he was trying to help the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company go on strike. I believe most of his decision was him trying to relate himself as a common man. The movement was made to help people get what they deserve. Basically during his lifetime he was in organization trying to help a common man and woman; he was a socialist.
In about ½ of a page (single-spaced), please state whether you agree, disagree, or have a mixed opinion regarding the following statement and argue, via evidence and claims from what you have learned in class, why you have picked your stated position. Be sure to comprehensively explain and support your reasoning.