Jesse Livermore: The Most Significant Events In The 1920's

The Chesapeake and New England regions settled in the new world with different economic and religious beliefs, which led to different traditions and interests. These things that I stated led up to two separate societies, though both regions were mostly settled by the English. The Chesapeake part of the land was filled with men in search of property, and economic opportunity. The New England part of the land had families who had ventured into the new world to find a place to practice their religions that were forbidden in England. Mostly, the Chesapeake men spent their time trying to earn a living off selling tobacco, planting on their farms or plantations, or searching for gold.

The abolitionist movement has been highly influenced by former African American Slave, Frederick Douglass. He is an important leader of the abolitionist movement that argues slavery is an unnecessary evil. Having never received a formal education, Frederick Douglass has been able to create a strong reform movement. In addition, Douglass is a successful orator and author who wrote many best selling books. His strong work ethic and intelligence make him highly fit for the University.

Jesse James was a well known gang leader, bank robber, and train robber. He was a member of the notorious gang named the James-Younger gang. Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847 in Clay County, Missouri. Jesse and his older brother Frank lost their father in 1849. The father, Reverend Robert James, abandoned his family and disappeared and was thought to go to the California gold fields.

Summary A news article written by Gary Warth, entitled, “San Diego Congressman Removes Student Painting from Capitol Hill Wall After Complaints it was Offensive,” offers us a depiction into the state of our country and how art has the power to be offensive. (Warth) The art work was on display in one of the connecting hallways in Washington, D.C. that was used as an entrance by many members of law enforcement before it was removed by Congressman Hunter. The painting, done for an art contest by a high school student, depicted police as “boars” or a pig and the criminals as wolves or panthers. (Warth) Police were called “pigs” as early as 1811 where there is a reference to police as pigs in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The abolitionist John Brown had a very important role in the freedom of slaves and the beginning of the Civil War. One of his many famous quotes, from David S. Reynold's John Brown: Abolitionist, stated his belief: "Whoso stoppeth his ear at the cry of the poor, he shall cry himself, but shall not be heard." (page 50) Also, our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, was one of the main reasons slavery was abolished. The history of slavery includes the treatment and conditions of slaves, the purpose of slavery, and the outcome of slavery.

William Lyon Mackenzie King was the Prime Minister during the outbreak of the Great Depression in 1929. At the time, King believed in the principles of laissez-faire. King also believed the amount of intervention federal government should be kept minimal. King believed a balanced budget and little government interference were the answers to this catastrophe. However, King did not think there was really an issue presented.

I agree with you in what you said about him being the type of person who made you want to be a better person. He was very inspiring in his drive to better himself and succeed in everything he did (which was a lot). He had a very big impact on colonial America and has a continues to have an impact on life

1. What was life like for immigrants after they entered the United States in the late 1800’s? Answer: In the late 1800’s the primarily immigrants were from Germany, Ireland, Mexican, and Great Britain; some of them were more professional workers and others had jobs as farmers in rural areas.

The abolitionist movement was a time(1830’s) where there was a strong effort to end slavery in a nation that had valued personal freedom and belief. It started around a saying - “all men are created equal” which was a line that was stated in the Declaration of Independance. In the movement, there were abolitionists, people who favored the thought of eliminating slavery. There were some abolitionists like Frederick Douglas who used the option of nonviolent action, or some like John Brown, who decided to use nonviolent actions. Frederick Douglas was a prominent American abolitionist, author and orator.

Would you expect a young, black, educated slave, to be a leader of one of the most bloodiest slave rebellions ever? On October of 1800, Nathaniel “Nat” Turner was born a slave on Benjamin Turner’s plantation in Southampton County, VA. He was allowed to read, write and learn religion (“Nat Turner”). Samuel Turner was in a lot of debut so Reverend Zalthall set up appointments for Nat to preach to slaves from plantation to plantation. The slave owners hoped this would make their slaves want to work willing and to be obedient.