What do we learn about Jin's new life, in comparison to his life in San Francisco's Chinatown. People don't accept his culture, so he is very lonely and isolated. students and teacher judge him for being different.
Follow. This booklet explains why oil was the real cause of the First World War, and explains the economic and geopolitical interests behind all the major players of this war. Moreover it compares the first Great War for oil in 1914 with the oil wars of 2014 in Syria and Iraq one hundred years later.
The 19th century was a period of great change and rapid industrialization. The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel. The discovery of the Spindletop geyser in 1901 drove huge growth in the oil industry. Within a year, more than 1,500 oil companies had been chartered, and oil became the dominant fuel of the 20th century and an integral part of the American economy. 1  Play video Rockefeller's Standard Oil. 2  Play video Presidential Election of 1896. 3  Play video Theodore Roosevelt vs. Big Industry.