The Tweed Ring Was Lead By A Scottish Man Named William M.

He would be associated with this union for the next 18 years. By 1875 he had built a reputation as an outstanding citizen and was named the secretary of the Vigo County BLF, this would be his entry into the field of labor organization. During this time he was closely associated with the railroad workers and saw their consistent oppression by their capitalist employers. Despite this he was dedicated to maintaining a union comprised of sober outstanding laborers who could best serve their employers. By 1879 he was elected grand secretary of the BLF and editor of the magazine. In this role he gained crucial experience in labor organizing on a larger scale and elevated his status as a effective leader in the labor movement. During this time he saw consistent wage cuts forced on these upstanding citizens and workers which began to galvanize the idea within him that the corporations were not interested in the quality of labor of their employees. Instead they were interested in only creating a profit for themselves at any cost and reducing the value of a man to his work.

At the time, both communities were suffering through an economic depression because of droughts. The lack of income for the farmers caused many to fall into debt and merchants began relying on lawyers to settle disputes. The court cases often ended in the home and property of the farmer’s being taken away, causing resentment toward new arrivals. The dramatic increase of population and imbalance of politics led to an inequality in the courthouse. A ‘Courthouse Ring’ was formed because of the imbalance, some lawyers using their knowledge to gain the upper hand and hoard the power for themselves. The civil people saw the Courthouse Ring as tyrannical, power hungry officials. Local sheriffs would collect taxes, removing their own taxes and asking for more than necessary from the rest of the people while teaming up with other officials. The system was based on the assumption that officials would be honest, though that was not the case in reality. The colonial governor supported the system in fear of losing the support of many crucial officials. The uprising to get rid of the system was known as the Regulator Movement. The Regulators aimed to create an honest government and reduce

This threatened Torrio and Capone’s business so they moved their business to Cicero. However, in 1924 an election for Cicero’s mayor endangered their business once again so the two came up with a plan to intimidate the citizens into voting for their candidate, even killing the competition’s voters if necessary. Although their plan worked, one of Capone’s brothers, Frank was shot in the process.

Al Capone, who was born in New York in 1899, was one of the most prominent gangsters in America in the 1920s. He was the son of Italian immigrants, and after leaving school at a young age, became a small-time criminal. Known as ‘Scarface,’ he had links to the leader of the Five Points Gang, Johnny Torrio, and moved to Chicago in 1920, where he gradually rose through the ranks as a partner in saloons, gambling and brothels. They moved their operations to Illinois after an offer to work with Jim Colosimo, a central figure in Chicago’s brothel business. Gang rivalry heated up after a dispute between Torrio and Colosimo over whether to begin in the bootlegging business, and in 1920, Colosimo was murdered allegedly by Al Capone. After this, Torrio’s criminal empire expanded massively throughout Chicago, before leaving in 1925 and handing over operations to Capone. After taking over, Capone expanded operations even further, and was able to control Chicago’s Mayor, ‘Big Bill’ Thompson and fix his elections. A local newspaper from the time reported

The Credit Mobilier company was formed by George Francis Train Who was the vice president and in charge of publicity for the Union Pacific Railroad. The company was crated to limit the liability of its stockholders and to maximize the profits. The company gave cheap or free shares of stock to members of congress who would support additional funding. In 1872 the scandal was brought to the publics attention by Henry Simpson McComby. He claimed that $72 million in contracts had been given to the the mobilier company to build a railroad that only cost $53 million to create. The investors where left nearly bankrupt and it ruined the reputation of many of the congressmen who had accepted the bribes including James A. Garfield, Schuyler Colfax, James

The Tweed Ring Scandal in New York City occurred in the 1850s and was an elaborate scheme that brought the U.S economy to the brink of collapse. It all started with mastermind William "Boss" Tweed. Tweed came from humble beginnings, he started to gain political power as a New York City firefighter. In 1853, he was elected to serve on the U.S. House of Representatives. His main concern while in office were state and local affairs, his main focus being New York City. As a senator, Tweed craved power and did whatever he could to get it. He assembled a group of democrat elites together to carry out his plan for power and riches. His plan was to use monetary bribes and political positions to win personal support and assemble his own little

William of Rubruck’s was a Flemish monk who wrote a detailed description of the Mongolian culture. Mongolia is a land locked nation located in Central Asia. About 2.6 million people by the 2000 census inhabit the country. This paper underscores the features of Mongolian political practice and ceremony as from William of Rubruck’s Account.

Al Capone was a highly known gangster in the 1920s Alphonse Capone born in Brooklyn, New York to a poor US immigrant couple, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, seeking a better opportunity for their then big family of eight children. He was known for running many lucrative illegal businesses that included alcohol bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and protection. Al Capone was so notorious that he would murder those who got in his way. With little prosecution of his actions, Al Capone believed his self to being unstoppable. Al Capone, being raised as a kid in poverty learned hands on how to organize crime and became the biggest force in organized crime.

"Boss" Tweed employed bribery, graft, and fraudulent elections to milk New York of as much

In the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth, chases after power by going after the king position in Scotland. In the play, Macbeth changes from basically not worrying about whether or not he will be king, to going after the king so that Macbeth will rule the kingdom. At the very beginning, Macbeth encounters the evil witches and the witches greet Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King hereafter. The funny part about this is that Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis but, not the Thane of Cawdor because the current Thane of Cawdor is still living, and Macbeth certainly is not the king of Scotland because King Duncan is king. The things the witches say to Macbeth gets into his head and this is where the desire for power originates. Macbeth decides to kill the current King and Macbeth continues to murder people. Macbeth hires goons to kill Banquo and Banquo’s son, Fleance, because the evil witches hint that Banquo will not be king but, Banquo will heir kings. Macbeth is a character that struggles to free himself from chasing after power due to him wanting to rule the kingdom and Macbeth will do whatever possible to keep the throne. Macbeth performs multiple murders just to keep his throne from falling into somebody else’s hand.

After the Civil War, America was divided into three regions, the North, the South, and the West. The expansion and settlement of the West had led to the building of railroads that were funded by the government. The railroads needed steel, coal, and oil to function, creating the start of power and wealth for big businesses. Although men like Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller, were referred to as Captains of Industry, their actions proved that they could be both Captains of Industry and Robber Barons by creating more jobs, but then providing horrible working conditions, helping society, but enforced strikebreaking techniques.and innovations and

However, after the deadly fire, which was not related to the strike, things changed. Without anywhere else to lay the blame, the D.A. and newspapers at the time began placing blame on the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. Drehle points out that the D.A. of the time Charles Whitman, “was no longer focused on improving factory safety laws. His priority was to indict Isaac Harris and Max Blanck on charges of manslaughter (pg. 188).” They were tried and acquitted, but their trial showed that management was becoming less powerful than it had been. In the past management mistreated workers with impunity, but the public outcry after the Triangle fire changed that. The incident showed that now owners could be held accountable for any harm that might come to their workers as a result of their negligence. Tammany Hall, and Murphy himself, faced their own difficulties brought about by the fire. Having just lost the election for mayor of New York City, Murphy realized his power, and that of Tammany Hall, was waning. William Randolph Hearst was very outspoken against Tammany Hall, workers feared its power less and less, and the new wave of immigrants coming into the US had no respect for its influence. Murphy realized that he had to win over the workers and progressives if he wanted to keep power. “The Triangle fire struck directly at those people who Tammany needed most (pg. 211).” Realizing that he needed the growing influence of

Robber Barons In the new industrial age, people such as Andrew Carnegie and JD Rockefeller played a key role industrializing America. They paved the way for future industry with their creativity and ambition (Document C-2, historian B, 1953). The United States would not be as technologically advanced if these poeple didnt come up with the stratigies that they did. Carnegie was thought to be the industrail hero of the time, while Rockefeller was thought to be the Oil hero.

The whiskey ring started out in St. Louis by the superintendent of the Bureau of Revenue John Mcdonald. What John did was not report the full amount of taxes taken from the distillers and distributors. He then later got the Treasury Department involved as part of the grand scheme. The situation later got looked into by Benjamin Bristow who was the Secretary of Treasury. He had a private team investigate the situation. Once it was all uncovered part of the money that they took back from everybody involved went into Grant’s reelection campaign. A lot of people questioned his involvement but he denied in not partaking in any of the

He then proceeded to discover that many policemen who investigated him drank in speakeasies and so he offered them small lump sums to continually report back with nothing, this is how his business thrived. Another way that Capone and his goons made money was to go through a process of 'racketeering.' This was a process where people who represented