Group+7.4

Tommy Bissell: John Rockefeller Andrew Carrier: Lincoln Steffens Alex Rossman: William Taft Kevin Pelkowski: Alice Paul Ruben Salcedo: Booker T. Washington

(//On a plane)// Taft: This is a really high tech. device we’re riding in. I’m surprised we have invented this already… Rockefeller: Yea, this is jolly good. Steffens: Get me a drink, stewardess. Paul: Excuse me! I’m a passenger, for your information. Steffens: Oh, I didn’t realize they let women on board. (//Slap)// Steffens: Fine! Get my drink Negro. Washington: No! I have the same rights as you do due to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. (//Engine Rumbling)// Taft: AHHHHH!!! (//high pitched scream)// Rockefeller: Alice, quiet down. Paul: Shut up! I didn’t scream. Steffens: It was Taft… Washington: So much for this high tech. plane…must’ve been invented by all dem crackaz (//CRASH//) Washington: Is everybody alright? Paul: Yea, I’m fine. Steffens: I don’t think he was talking to you, but I’m fine. Rockefeller: Me too. Taft: I’m fine too. Paul: Where are we? Rockefeller: Looks like we’re LOST! Taft: We need to set up some kind of shelter! Steffens: Who put you in charge? Taft: Well I should be in charge because I’m president of the United States. I have leadership experience! My handling of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff with absolute grace. " No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people", so i must lay down the rules for this group here.

Rockefeller: Shut your mouth! You haven’t done anything in your entire term. I, however, am the CEO of a million dollar industry. I am a successful business man so I know how to handle difficult situations. Like I always say “ I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” Washington: I should be leader because I’ve lead reform movements against racism and help African Americans rise up from economic slavery. Steffens: I should be nominated because I am the father of the Muckrakers. I led the way for other Muckrakers like Ida Tarbell who as a matter of fact wrote about your wrong doings Mr. Rockefeller. She wrote about how you used horrific business practices like rollbacks and insider pricing. Also, came Ray Stannard Baker who examined the truths about the racial divisions in the states. I exposed urban political corruption through McClure’s Magazine which I was the editor of. I published //The Shame of the Cities// that consisted of seven articles from the magazine. They focused on political machines that controlled the cities along with corrupt governements which took part in bribery, theft, and many illegal actions. I also turned to the public and critizened them for doing nothing against this corruption that will get worse if they don't do anything. Paul: Well I would like to nominate…. All (except Paul): HAHAHAHAHA!!! Psych. You have no right to vote. Paul: For your information, you ignorant men, I helped formed the 19th Amendment and helped women gain the right to vote as well as have equal opportunities as men. Washington: “Character, not circumstances, makes the man.” All: Ummmm what? Washington: What I mean by this quote is that what people do in the past does not count in the present. For example, African Americans never were able to vote or own land, but now we can do everything as white folks. Rockefeller: Well, I say we hold an election. Taft: Okay, everyone right down your vote on a piece of paper. (//Write votes//) Paul: Looks like Rockefeller wins. Steffens: Who taught you to count? You’re a woman. You don’t know how to count for 5 people. Stupid broad. Paul: I’ve had enough of this! (//Alice// //kills Steffens//) Steffens: Why did you do this? I am the one who brought the poticial corruption from the cities of St. Louis, where I helped attorney Joesph Folk bring bribery cases into court which revealed the state governement's corruption. I continued my work to Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York. In New York, I was the one who helped bring down the powerful Tammany Hall that had great ties among Tammany, the government, and the police. I didn't deserve to be killed. I am the father of Muckrakers....the man who brought corruption of the governement into the eyes of the pppuubbblll...... Washington: Uh oh! She’s lost her mind! She’s going to kill us all. Paul: Yea I am. Starting with you! (//Kills Washington//) Washington: Oh no! It looks like my legacy will be the first leader of a new normal school which was in Alabama. I wont be able to be a popular spokesperson for my fellow African American citizens anymore. However, I established and operated over 5,000 schools and supporting resources for the betterment of blacks throughout the South which will make my name live forever. Read my published book called "Up From Slavery!." (dead) Paul: That’s no big deal anyway. Taft: Well don’t kill me! I’ve done so much in my life. For example i helped strengthen the US industry with my passing of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. This allowed for all european goods to not even get shipped to the US which made our economy much better. I also added a new way for our government to become stronger with the income tax. If you let me live i promise to take credit for the Ballinger-Pinchot and i will rehire Glavis because he never did anything wrong. Rockefeller: Don’t kill me either! I’ve accomplished more than that! I’ve dominated the oil industry ruthlessly by running my competitors out of business. I clearly have the most experience. Don't you want someone as successful and as power as me to lead us out of our current situation? If I get off this island alive I swear I'll donate money to create a whole center in New York City named after myself. I'll call it Rockefeller Center! Please don't kill me! (//Kill both//)

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Paul: Ha! Now I’m in charge of everyone. This is best because I was the most successful suffragist leader among all women. In 1912, I joined the National American Women's Suffragist Movement. This organization the parent organization of many smaller organizations trying to accomplish the same goal. We helped pass women's suffrage legislation at the state and local levels. I also helped the 19th ammencemnt secure the right for women to vote in 1920. I have said it before and I will say it again. "I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality." These are all qualities that show us women can do anything a man can. Hey, it's not men who give birth.======

__William Taft__ "William Howard Taft",Capella University,[]

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ALICE PAUL

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WASHINGTON

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ROCKEFELLER

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