‘The Man in the Arena’: Eloquent Speech By Teddy Roosevelt on Leadership

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J.P. Morgan, One of World’s Richest Men, Faced Regulation By Teddy Roosevelt

J. P. Morgan (1837-1913), a financier and investment banker, dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn …

Boer War & the British Empire’s Influence in Southern Africa in the Early 20th Century

The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa from 1899 to 1902. Wikipedia Location: South Africa, Eswatini Result: British victory: Conquest and dissolution of the South African Republic and Orange Free State; Treaty of …

Italian-American School Segregation Ends in Violence

NYTN, a Youtube channel by Danielle Romero who moved from New York to Tennessee, explores Italian heritage. "My great-grandmother Lola left her heritage behind in Louisiana when she moved to NY in the 1930s. Last year, I decided to uncover our family story and begin finding our roots. I'm still on the journey of hidden …

Filipino-American War: You Probably Didn’t Learn About It in High School History Class

Mr. Beat, a high school history teacher with 771,000 subscribers on Youtube, posts a video "about a war you probably don’t know much about. If you’re an American, you likely didn’t hear much about it in American history class, and that’s likely because it’s a war that the American government has preferred you just…uh…not remember. …

What Happened to Portugal’s Monarchy?

History Matters: "Have you ever wondered how Portugal became a Republic? What happened to the monarchy which had been a part of Portuguese history throughout its rise and fall? We'll find out in this short, simple animated history documentary." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYgd3P0DyK4 Sources: The Portuguese Revolution of 1910 by Douglas L. Wheeler A Concise History of Portugal …

Classic Movies About Russian Revolution: Nicholas and Alexandra; Dr. Zhivago; Reds

Three classic movies about the run-up to the Russian Revolution beginning at the turn of the 20th century, into 1917 and the aftermath in the 1920s. Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbwqgfnh2-Y Dr. Zhivago (1965) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw25XFLwAzw Reds (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_JRFXvMpk

NAACP Was Founded on Lincoln’s Birthday in 1909 in Response to Illinois Race Riot

"On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. Exactly 100 years later, journalists, reformers, and scholars meeting in New York City deliberately chose the anniversary of his birth as the starting point for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)," opens historian Heather Cox Richardson's daily "Letter from An American." …

How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined, write two academics who study India, in an article for Al Jazeera. "According to research by the economic historian Robert C Allen, extreme poverty in India increased under British rule, …

Establishment of All India Muslim League in 1906

Learning with Aisha Factors led to the formation of Muslim League, it's objectives and impacts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEZRKc7fC4 Insightful Text http://historypak.com/establishment-of-all-india-muslim-league/ "After the creation of the Indian National Congress and its time as a ‘representative’ party for the people of the Indian sub-continent, there was felt a need to reassess its claims at unbiased representation. From the …