EOCT CP US History Review

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EOCT- CP US History Review

• Ben Turner
• Bollier-4
• CP US History
• 1 May 2008

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Trusts

• A trust is an arrangement when money or property
  is managed by one person or a group of people for
  the benefit of another but is owned by the Trust.
• A trust is created by a settler, who entrusts
  some or all of his or her property to people of
  his choice (trustees).
• The trustees are the legal owners of the trust
  property, but they are obliged to hold the
  property for the benefit of one or more
  individuals or organizations (beneficiary).
• The trustees owe a fiduciary duty to the
  beneficiaries, who are the "beneficial" owners of
  the trust property.

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Trusts
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Monopolies

• In Economics and Political Systems, monopolies
  exists when a specific individual, enterprise, or
  business has total control over a particular
  product or service.
• Monopolies, also known as a lack of economic
  competition for the good or service that they
  provide.
• Also, it may be used as to refer to the process
  of Monopolism, this is when a business gains more
  market shares than what is expected by the
  competition. This can also be called monopolistic
  competition.

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Monopolies
Monopolies- Political Cartoons
Monopoly-The Board Game
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Thomas Edison

• Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11,1847 and
  died October 18,1931.
• He was an American inventor and business man who
  developed many different devices.
• Devices invented by Edison had a great impact not
  only on America but also the world.
• Inventions included the Phonograph and his most
  famous invention, the light bulb.

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Thomas Edison
Hi, Im Thomas Edison
One of Edisons many inventions, the Phonograph
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Electric Light Bulb

• The incandescent light bulb or incandescent lamp
  is a source of artificial or fake light that
  operates by heat driven light emissions which
  include the use of a filament.
• An electric current passes through the thin
  filament, heating it until it produces light.
• The glass bulb surrounding the filament prevents
  any oxygen in air from reaching the hot filament.
• If oxygen were to reach the filament, it would be
  destroyed rapidly by oxidation.

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Electric Light Bulb
New, more energy efficient bulb
Everyday household lightbulb
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Phonograph

• The phonograph, also known as the gramophone, was
  the most popular device for playing music or
  other recorded sound from the 1870s through the
  1980s.
• Other popular names of the phonograph were
  turntable, record player, or record changer.
• Invented by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de
  Martinville.

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Phonograph
Two popular types of Phonographs.
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Motion Pictures

• Film is a term that involves individual motion
  pictures, the field of film as an art form, and
  the motion picture industry. (Wikipedia).
• Films are produced by recording images from the
  world with cameras, or by creating images using
  animation techniques or other special effects.
• Motion pictures became very popular during this
  time period.

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Motion Pictures
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Sitting Bull

• Sitting Bull was a Hunk papa Lakota Sioux holy
  man, born near the Grand River in South Dakota.
• He was killed by police on the Standing Rock
  Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest
  him and prevent him from supporting the Ghost
  Dance movement.
• He is recognized in American and Native American
  history because of his contribution to the Battle
  of Little Bighorn.

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Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull dressed in popular Native American
attire.
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Wounded Knee

• Wounded Knee also called, The Wounded Knee
  Massacre, or The Battle at Wounded Knee Creek.
• Wounded Knee was the last major armed conflict
  between the Lakota Sioux and the United States.
• It was described as "massacre" by General Nelson
  A. Miles in a letter to the Commissioner of
  Indian Affairs.(Wikipedia)

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Wounded Knee
Beginning of Battle at Wounded Knee
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Ellis Island

• Ellis Island, is located at the mouth of the
  Hudson River in the New York Harbor, at one time
  it was the main entry facility for immigrants
  entering the United States.
• Ellis Island operated from January 1, 1892 until
  November 12, 1954.
• It is owned by the Federal government and is now
  part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
• It is located in between Jersey City, New Jersey
  and New York City.

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Ellis Island
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American Federation of Labor

• The American Federation of Labor also known as
  (AFL).
• The AFL was one of the first labor unions in the
  United States.
• It was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1886 by
  Samuel Gompers.
• Founded as a reorganization of its previous
  organization, the Federation of Organized Trades
  and Labor Unions.

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American Federation of Labor
AFL Logo, Strikes, and UFCW, a popular union
today.
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Samuel Gompers

• Samuel Gompers was an American Federation of
  Labor union leader and a key figure in American
  labor history. (Wikipedia).
• Gompers was born in London, England on January
  27, 1850.
• Gompers was the president of the AFL until his
  death in 1924.

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Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers and his wife
Samuel Gompers
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Works Cited

• "Google." Google. 04 May 2008. 04 May 2008
  ltwww.google.comgt.
• "United States History." Wikipedia. 08 Apr.
  2008. 04 May 2008 ltwww.wikipedia.orggt.

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Good Luck on the US History EOCT