William Green

Examples of William Green in the following topics:

• The Decline of Labor

  • Observers said successor William Green, who was the secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, "lacked the aggressiveness and the imagination of the AFL's first president. " The American Federation of Labor was down to less than 3 million members in 1925 after hitting a peak of 4 million members in 1920.

• Setbacks for Unions

  • Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) died in 1924 after serving as its president for 37 years, while successor William Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, "lacked the aggressiveness and the imagination of the AFL's first president."

• A New Direction for Unions

  • Most AFL leaders, including president William Green, were reluctant to shift from the organization's longstanding tradition of craft unionism and started to clash with other leaders within the organization, such as John L.

• Conclusion: The End of a Century

  • William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, Democratic Governor of Arkansas, was elected President of the United States in 1992 and served two terms.
  • Consumer advocate Ralph Nader ran as the candidate of the Green Party, a party devoted to environmental issues and grassroots activism, and Democrats feared that he would attract votes that Gore might otherwise win.

• The Peace of Paris

  • Notable among the opposition was former Prime Minister William Pitt, who warned that the terms of the treaty would only lead to further conflicts once France and Spain had time to rebuild.
  • Green: France, Spain with more.

• The Clinton Administration

  • William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as President of the United States from January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001.
  • Clinton did not alter the original agreement; however, he complemented it with the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, making NAFTA the first "green" trade treaty and the first trade treaty concerned with each country's labor laws, albeit with very weak sanctions.

• From Roosevelt to Taft

  • In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft to run against Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.
  • The U.S. presidential election of 1908 was between Republican Party candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
  • On their side, the Democrats, after badly losing the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.
  • Portrait of William Howard Taft, the Republican Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.
  • Portrait of William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.

• The Glorious Revolution

  • The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
  • In February 1689, William and his wife became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II of England .
  • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
  • Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, 1852
  • William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

• The Ku Klux Klan

  • This second Klan was founded by William J.
  • The Klan’s national leader, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, sold the organization in 1939 to James Colescott, an Indiana veterinarian, and Samuel Green, an Atlanta obstetrician.

• Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
  • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
  • Williams wrote favorably about the American Indian peoples, contrasting their virtues with Puritan New England’s intolerance.
  • In 1644, Roger Williams secured a land patent establishing the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay.
  • Engraved print depicting Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, meeting with the Narragansett Indians.