America 1900
America in the year 1900: prosperous, progressive, optimistic, a leader, on the cutting edge of education, and faced with horrible tragedy. When compared with America today, it's difficult to not see likeness. Today, we are on the rebound with the belief that things will get better, and we are still a world leader. We are also similarly faced with horrific tragedy, the worst terrorist incident in our country's history. The country today does, however, differ from itself in the year 1900 in many ways. Today we are more technologically, socially, and intellectually advanced. Things that people in the 1900's thought could never be done, have been. The events of the year 1900 have got us to the year 2002. One way to compare America in 1900 to America today is to look at the presidents. In 1900, the president was William McKinley. McKinley was a soft-spoken man, much like our president George Bush is today. On New Years Day, McKinley held the traditional open house reception. Today, having the White House open like that would be unthinkable. Another major difference is the security at the White House. During the night in 1900 there was only one guard on duty who often retired early. Guards are on alert around the
We are more technologically, scientifically, and socially advanced. The 480 men inside the compound held of the Boxer force of 20,000 men with only 5 cannons. Morgan, an infamous businessman with more money than the U. It seemed as thought he couldn't win. He claimed that McKinley was the friend of it and was the reason for the horrible working conditions that Americans were facing. military underestimated the Filipinos. Instantly Roosevelt was sold on the idea. The second that almost all employers found out that their female employees were dating, they fired them. The campaign of 1900 was a fierce one. Al-Qaeda), but the threat was and is there. McKinley had made no major mistakes.
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