America 1910-1919: Business and the Economy Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 90 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1910-1919.

America 1910-1919: Business and the Economy Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 90 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1910-1919.
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Alexander Agassiz, 75, scientist and engineer, 27 March 1910.

Benjamin Altman, 73, merchant and art collector, founder and chairman of B. Altman and Company, a New York department store, 7 October 1913.

John D. Archbold, 68, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, 5 December 1916.

George F. Baer, 71, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 26 April 1914.

James Gordon Bennett, 77, newspaper publisher, owner of the New York Herald, 14 May 1918.

Charlotte Blair, 56, industrial manufacturer, founder and director of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1917.

Samuel Billings Capen, 71, merchant and trustee of Wellesley College, 29 January 1914.

John G. Carlisle, 74, lawyer and statesman, former U.S. secretary of the treasury (1893-1896), 31 July 1910.

Andrew Carnegie, 83, industrialist who founded one of the world's largest steel companies; philanthropist who endowed educational programs, the Carnegie library system, and the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, 11 August 1919.

Robert J. Collier, 42, editor and publisher, Collier's Weekly, 8 November 1918.

Katherine Coman, 58, economic historian and professor at Wellesley College; he...

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