HIST102 : Week 3 – Assignment: American Blunder in the Philippines May 27‚ 2012 Kier O’Neil Student American Public University On May 1‚ 1898 Commodore (later Admiral) Dewey guided his naval attack squadron into Manila Bay and quickly and decisively defeated the Spanish fleet. Not a single Spanish ship survived and not a single American life was lost. Simultaneously the Spanish were being attacked by land on all sides by native Filipino insurgents. With no hope of reinforcements or re-supply
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is one of the greatest films ever made. Orson Wells‚ at age 25‚ directed‚ produced‚ and starred in this film. Citizen Kane is a memorable film for countless reasons. The film brought about controversy because it fictionalized the life of William Randolph Hearst‚ a powerful newspaper publisher. The film draws remarkable parallels with his life and his relationship with his mistress. There is also speculation that the film is loosely based on Wells’ life as well. This movie tells the fascinating
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in it. The film was inspired by the William Hearst‚ a newspaper tycoon‚ a fact that critics attribute to the film’s commercial failure as he is thought to have had influences on the bad publicity served to the film and its studio RKO. Nearly everyone who previewed the film realised that Citizen Kane was a work of brilliance and Hearst had influenced the failure of the film‚ with many of his newspapers and other media outlets side-stepping the film. Hearst is reported to have attempted to buy
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U.S.S. Maine The U.S.S. Maine was built in 1883 to serve as a small naval battleship. The Maine was commissioned on September seventeenth 1895 under the command of Arent S. Crownshield. The Maine anchored in Newport‚ Rhode Island until Charles Sigsbee relieved Crownshield as commissioner of the the Maine. In January 1898 the Maine was sent from Key West‚ Florida‚ to Havana‚ Cuba‚ to protect the U.S. from early conflicts between Cuba‚ Spain‚ and the United States. Three weeks later‚ an explosion
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University‚ focuses on men and one woman who shaped‚ championed‚ and guided Cosmopolitan over the course of its first century of existence. The great times ran short when the magazine was knock with a financial hardship. Soon after‚ it was sold to William Randolph Hearst (Hunt‚ P. The Improbable First Century of Cosmopolitan Magazine). Showing the world the ‘Real Woman’ in light of beauty‚ fashion and more recently‚ sex. Cosmopolitan is more importantly reflected on for its gender-aimed advertisement. “It’s
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needs good cash. Albert Einstein Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Jim Bishop At 19‚ everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly. Oscar Wilde Those whom the gods love grow young. William Randolph Hearst Money is appropriate‚ and one size fits all. Bob Hope You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Pablo Picasso Youth has no age. Goethe Each ten years of a man’€™s life has its own fortunes‚ its
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paper successful by using the many "yellow" techniques mentioned before. Some people thought these methods were immoral and scandalous(Century 166-172). Velez 2 Pulitzer’s only real competiton was from a man by the name of William Hearst. Hearst owned the paper by the name " The Journal." The "Journal" was also highly successful. Harsh competition took place between the two papers(Century 172). The major break or "turning point" in the sensationalism movement was the sinking
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only the field of cinematography‚ but on American society in general. Written in 1941 by Orson Welles‚ who also directed and starred in the film‚ Citizen Kane cries out to be psychoanalyzed. Loosely based on the real life newspaper mogul‚ William Randolph Hearst‚ the film sparked not only controversy‚ but social dialogue for decades. I will discuss the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ with a small sidebar about Kane’s scene mate‚ Susan Kane. The scene I will analyze is the second to last
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Section A: Plan of Investigation (104 words) This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did yellow journalism start the Spanish-American war. The scope of this investigation will include the aims of publishers William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer‚ and the methods used by of their newspapers The Journal and The World to report the incidents related to the conflict that occurred between Cuba and Spain. The years 1895 – 1898 will be the primary focus of this investigation
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When Children Raised Their Voices in Protest The Newsboys Strike of 1899 and Its Consequences Child labor was a major issue in our nation’s history‚ from its founding through the early decades of the twentieth century. In 1900‚ United States census records counted at least 1.75 million children who were “gainful workers‚” (that is‚ worked for pay)‚ comprising six percent of the nation’s workforce. (Many others may not have been reported.) Most child laborers worked in agriculture‚ but many
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