...quotes W. E. B. DuBois in calling Reconstruction a “splendid failure (p. 16).” After studying the events of the late 19th century, defend whether or not you agree with his position. What are the long-term implications? After having an opportunity to research and study the facts of the events of the late 19th century, I definitely have to agree with W. E. B. DuBois quote, which calls Reconstruction a “splendid failure”. When President Lincoln introduced the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863, the three main goals were to restore the Union, transform southern society, and enact some type of progressive legislation protecting the rights of blacks. Soon after the Civil War ended the process of reconstruction began and some progress was made. A number of new liberal laws and amendments were enacted by Congress that protected the rights of all blacks under constitutional law. This laws and amendments included; the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment which granted blacks citizenship, the Fifteenth Amendment which gave black men the right to vote, and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which banned racial discrimination in all public places. By the end of the 19th century, the Nation was reunited once again, and all the states in the south had abolished slavery in their own individual constitutions. However, after considering all the facts, there is no doubt that Reconstruction failed in other significant ways...
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... In 1900, Baum was surrounded by an astonishing degree of political reality. While Baum was living in South Dakota, not only was the frontier and actual thing of the past, and with the stark reality of the dry, open plains served to crush Romantic Idealism. In Chicago, Baum saw the results of the depression which had closed down upon the nation in 1893. Baum took part in the pivotal election of 1896, marching in “torch-light parades got William Jennings Bryan” With Baum’s allegiance to the cause of Democratic Populism, it must balance against the fact that he was not a political activist. I always like the story of Wizard of Oz, though I never understood the symbols or “hidden” message everyone would talk about. In the novel and the movie “The Wizard of Oz,” there has been many opinions brought about that are controversial on whether or not Frank Baum meant to use the novel as a parable on the Populist movement. Though there were skeptics of any play on populism, many would say that Frank Baum...
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...Party that started with Western farmers, demanded free and unlimited coinage of silver to increase the amount of money in circulation. that “Populism means that when money gets scarcer, government shall start up a few hundred printing presses and run out seven or eight thousand millions of paperdollars.” This explanation indicates the weakness of the agrarian communities in the eyes of some of the titans of industry whose profits would have been cut as a result of the proposed inflation- a prime example of the polarization occurring between the owning and producing American classes. As debate over free silver and other financial issues heated up, populists’ drive to force their way into American politics accelerated and gained momentum heading...
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...1. Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRA’s) in your current (or future) workplace. For an almost two years I worked in oil company as an accountant and every week I worked with my co-workers for 80 hours per week. Basing on the case study the research of the Valut.com showed that the half of professionals who worked for 40 hours per week where involved in the workplace romance, it is surprising that such case did not occurred in the company I worked (Hellriegel & Slocim, 2012, 65). To avoid any possible difficulties that might could happened in my previous workplace and in the future, it will be necessary to adopt the policy of consensual relationship agreement. In some article says that relationship between to subordinates is not a problem. In my opinion it is possible to see both of them competing for same position against each other. In this situation without right control or guidance from organization has a chance to become unpleasant damage. Jealousy, violations of ethics or workplace and clouded judgment are just a few of possible consequences of romance between employees. If organization adopts CRAs policy organization will evade “litigation risk and privacy in the workplace” (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2012, 65). In any circumstance better be prepared and secured, rather dealing with the lawsuits. The relationship between manager and his subordinate, which will cause perception of favoritism, surely affect on clear judgment of manager. Any person...
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...Title: What do Kaldor and Selchow mean by ‘subterranean politics’ in Europe, and what are the implications of their four findings? Do you think their study has really demonstrated the usefulness and credibility of their approach? From the title of this essay, it allows the reader to understand that this assignment will be associated with Subterranean Politics. It will also inform the reader on a research project carried out to examine a new range of Political phenomena called Subterranean Politics (Kaldor & Selchow 2013: 78). Four findings will then be discussed on what is meant by subterranean politics. This essay will also show the context, methodology and literature of Kaldor and Selchows discoveries of the ‘bubbling up’ of subterranean politics. It will explain the striking affects that this new type of politics on Europe. This substantive content will give information that entices one to discover the currents of opinions or new political inventiveness that have the capability to stop Europe from falling apart (Kaldor & Selchow 2012: 1). It will then look deep into the study to see whether or not it has demonstrated an image of the usefulness and credibility of their approach towards this type of politics. Europe today is seen to be going through a Financial and Socio-Economic Crisis. “At this point in subterranean politics, grassroots activism protests and multiple ‘new’ types of political phenomena with research was carried out by seven field teams from each end...
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...Shiane Ferretti APUSH Assignment#7.07 Assignment 07.07 Populists Crusade for Reform 1. Complete the reading for this lesson. 2. Conduct the necessary research and complete your FRQ. 3. Submit your FRQ for Assignment 07.07 Populists Crusade for Reform, in the Assessment area. -Analyze the impact of industrialization on farmers during the Gilded Age. How did the farmers react? The national grange(populist movement) The Gilded Age was a time for new thinking and new political views. Although this time in history had a positive outcome for most people, specifically the upper classes, it didn’t have as much of an effect nor impact when it came to the lower classes such as the farmers. Issues regarding the Gilded Age and the farmers are shown through the railroad company inequity, money supply and high tariffs, and the populist movement. During the Gilded Age, railway companies gave the best rates to their biggest customers which many small businessmen, for example farmers, felt was an act of discrimination. Companies also tried to fix or set prices as opposed to allowing the market to determine the rail rates. As a result, the Interstate Commerce Commission was the first government regulatory agency that was created in order to stop abusive railroad practices. Monopolies and trusts were also examined due to the fact that they had the potential to rule certain markets and charge an excessive amount of money. As a result, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was created...
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...The Populist Party emerged in the 1890s. The question is why did the party emerge? What were the issues that caused people in the country to rally around the Populist agenda, and why was it not able to remain a major force in American politics? Populist movement arose primarily in response to the 1890 McKinley Tariff, a very high tariff that particularly hurt western and southern farmers who sold their harvests on unprotected markets but were forced to buy expensive manufactured goods. The backbone of the Populist's Party were mostly poor cotton farmers from the South and wheat farmers from the plain states. Cotton and wheat lost significant value following the two decades after the Civil War. Once America was able to commercialize with the world, the competition lead the bushel of wheat to go from $2 in 1867 to .68 cents in 1887. The farmer did not have the notion or knowledge of crop rotation. They would grow the same crops year after year deplete the soil of nutrients which in reverse cause the yield of crops to decrease substantially. The second industrial revolution also lead to new expensive machineries that became very difficult to pay once the crops lost value. The economy was very unstable, the Panic of 1873 triggered a depression in the US that lasted 6 years and caused many banks to foreclosure. Railroads were not regulated by the government which resulted in charging any rates they want. The farm especially in the many areas was hard to work, especially after the...
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...choked populism, apt oil, families, and labor counter this. Oil compares to populism because both boomed during the 1950s due to the people. Moreover, how a population reacts to financial needs and business. “Populist” last saw use as a word some sixty years ago, so how did it come back? Historian Richard Hofstadter and humanist Daniel Bell are to blame. These two men revived it when vying anti-elitism and McCarthyism (Kazin). “McCarthyists” watched alien populism in prolific times and booms, like oil. Examples include Libya, Latin America, and Canada. After the war, North America underwent dramatic growth in mining and drilling. Canada’s House of Commons agreed on a means to pump oil with the U.S. in what becomes the...
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...American society witnessed a great change during the 19th century from an agricultural economy to the industrial one. However, this change imposed great challenges for farmer in the United Stated, and they formed a political party called the Populist Party. This paper will investigate what problems the Populist encountered and what solutions they offered. The Populist Party, as the third party in the United Stated, was aimed to put the interest of farmers in the public arena. This party was formed as a response to the industrial revolution and improvement of production that resulted in excessive supply of food and a dramatic reduction in the price of crops. The deflation in price led farmers to grow as much as they could, since they were taught...
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...There are many main solutions the Populists offered to the country's woes. Moreover, The Populists claimed a free ballot and fair count that secured every legal voter without Federal Intervention to be adopted by the states of the secret ballot. Also, the graduated income tax was added to the reduction of the burden of taxation. However, the reform press and law-making branch of government was known as an initiative and referendum. Therefore, they favored a constitutional amendment ratification that limited the office of President and Vice-President to one term. Nevertheless, they opposed every subsidy or national aid for funding private organizations. Furthermore, the Populist pledged their support to fair and free pensions to Ex-Union soldiers...
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...According to this theory, it is an ideology that makes out the society to be a divided body that consists of two antagonistic groups; the commoners and the corrupt elite. The hate between the masses and the untouchables is driven by the government who uses it as a means of its survival. This gap works to support the politicians as they use it over and over to garner votes. Among the first use of the ideology of populism is in the 1896 presidential elections where the democrat Williams Jennings Bryan used the panic of 1893 in his campaign in which he sought the issue of free silver to solve the economic...
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...Parliamentary elections followed an increasingly familiar pattern. Two far right political parties received a combined 29.1% of the votes which translated to 52 seats of the 183 seat legislature, only 30,000 votes away from the leading party. For the past twenty years the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) has become one of Austria’s most influential, and controversial, political parties. Its strong anti-immigration stance, xenophobic rhetoric, and suspected anti-Semitism have garnered international attention since its creation. Even though this right-wing populism phenomenon of Austria has become one of many cases in Europe, the sheer scale of FPO involvement in the country makes it a unique study. Ruud Koopmans explored the emergence of the extreme right in an attempt to define the causes of it. He compared two contrasting theories in his analysis. Grievance, demand side, theories suggest that growing rightist populism is a direct result of an increasing discontent and xenophobia within a country due to immigration and the consequences of it. Opportunity, supply side, theories focus on the institutional attributes of a particular polity, and how these arrangements make it possible for the right-wing movement to not only start, but flourish as well. He concluded that opportunity theories best explain the rightist movement. However, others believe that one cannot exist without the other; supply-side is tandem to demand-side. Wouter can der Brug wrote, “We agree with...
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...Materials Works in Progress Finished Goods Notes Conversion cost = Manufacturing overhead + direct labor Known: Manufacturing overhead= 65% of conversion Direct labor= Direct = 35% of Conversion costs 220,000= 35% of Conversion 220,000/.35= Conversion cost Conversion cost = Manufacturing overhead + direct labor Direct labor= Manufacturing overhead = Prime Cost = direct materials cost + direct labor costs. 545,000 = direct materials cost + 220,000 Direct materials cost = 325,000 $325,000 $220,000 $1,350,000 30% $1,020,000 $545,000 65% of Conversion $325,000 $41,000 $56,000 $35,000 $220,000 35% $628,571 $220,000 $408,571 Answers Raw Materials Cost (purchased) Work in Progress Finished Goods Inventory $325,000 $24,471 $75,000 Calculations Calculating Gross Margin Sales Cost of Goods Sold: Beginning Finished Goods Inventory Add: Cost of Goods Manufactured Cost of Goods Available for Sale Deduct: Ending Finished Goods Inventory *Gross Margin *Gross Margin= 30%($1,350,000) Cost of Goods Sold Beginning balance finished goods Add: Cost of goods manufactured Goods available for sale Less: Ending balance, finished goods Cost of goods sold Total manufacturing cost Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total manufacturing cost $ 35,000 985,000 1,020,000 75,000 $ 1,350,000 945,000 405,000 $ 35,000 985,000 1,020,000 945,000 $ 75,000 $ $ 325,000 220,000 408,471 953,471 Cost of Goods Manufactured Beginning balance works in progress Total manufacturing...
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...Resources Progress is defined as a forward or onward movement towards a goal or destination. The film “Surviving Progress” explains the progress humanity as a whole has made and the progress we continue to make. Filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks show how much progress humans are making and how we have become into a progress trap with too much progress eventually leading to disaster and dead ends. No matter what humanity is always making progress in our civilization, economy, technology, and more; only problem, we’re making progress non-stop creating an eventual crash and destruction of Earth’s natural resources. Ronald White argues that humanity is in what he calls a “progress trap” which he explains “I came up with the term progress trap to define human behaviors that sort of seem to be good things, seem to be, to provide benefits in the short-term, but which ultimately lead to disaster, because they’re unsustainable.” Humanity as a whole has reached what is considered a “progress trap” many times already and is in the process of falling into deeper “progress traps” than ever with technology and our economics. In the past, as an example given by Ronald White, Hunting turned into a dead end when our ancestors were hunting to make their living. They went from killing one mammoth at a time and struggling to do so, to killing a whole heard of mammoths by running them over a cliff. This pushed them into a “progress trap”. These new hunting techniques had been great progress made...
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...[pic] Progress Report with working outline/rough draft For Margaret Sledziewski, Supervisor Prepared by: Bilal Zaheer Researcher Submitted: November 2, 2007 Steamline Production To: Margaret Sledziewski From: Bilal Date: November 1, 2007 Re: Progress report Implementation of new digital audio workstation - FL Studio On October 19, 2007, I proposed an Implementation of new digital audio workstation - FL Studio. After your approval of my project, we have encountered a couple problems but other than that everything is going well and all the work will be done by November 19, 2007. This memo reports the progress report, the problem we have encountered and the conclusions. Background As you know, FL Studio is a digital audio workstation which can record, mix, create, and edit sounds. It has a sequencer that makes it possible to create beats from patterns, which is the foundation of any track. The program currently used by the firm is fairly complicated and hard to use. This results in poor production. By using FL studio, we can create exact tracks which we intend to make. In my research I found that our competition has increased. Other similar companies have also upgraded their software to assist them in meeting their clients’ demands. I however, found out that none of them are using this software. This software is very helpful for our music industry and can give us an upper hand against our competitors. Project...
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