Daniel De Leon

(noun)

An American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theorist, and trade union organizer. He was the leading figure in the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1890 until his death in 1914.

Related Terms

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  • The New Na
  • Socialism
  • Wobblies
  • Eugene Debs

Examples of Daniel De Leon in the following topics:

  • Socialism and the Unions

    • For instance, the Industrial Workers of the World was a labor union that was founded by many notable socialists including Eugene Debs, "Mother" Mary Harris Jones, and Daniel De Leon.
  • Exploration and Conquest of the New World

    • The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was an early invader of the Americas, traveling to the New World on Columbus' second voyage.
    • Leon found a peninsula on the coast of North America and called the new land Florida, chartering a colonizing expedition.
    • On the evening of August 3, 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María ex-Gallega ("Galician"); and two smaller caravels, the Pinta ("Painted") and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña ("Girl") after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer.
  • The Right to Vote

    • Jean-Charles de Borda proposed the Borda count in 1770 as a method for electing members to the French Academy of Sciences.
    • His system was opposed by the Marquis de Condorcet, who proposed instead the method of pairwise comparison that he had devised.
    • A variety of methods were proposed by statesmen such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Daniel Webster.
  • European Empires in North America

    • After the forming of Nueva Cádiz in Venezuela and Santa Cruz on the present-day Guajira peninsula, explorers led by Vasco Núez de Balboa conquered areas on the coast of present-day Colombia in 1502.
    • The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon traveled to the New World on Columbus' second voyage.
    • European explorers arrived at Río de la Plata in 1516.
    • A second and permanent settlement was established in 1580, by Juan de Garay.
    • Samuel de Champlain began the first permanent settlement of New France and Quebec City in present-day Canada and created a prosperous trade with the American Indians for beaver pelts and other animal hides.
  • Marriage Equality and the Courts

    • Plaintiffs Gregory Bourke (left) and Michael DeLeon (right) celebrate outside the Supreme Court building on June 26, 2015.
  • The Battle of New Orleans

    • Colonel William Thornton of the 85th Regiment was to cross the Mississippi during the night with his 780-strong brigade, move rapidly upriver and storm the batteries commanded by Commodore Daniel Patterson on the flank of the main American entrenchments, then open fire on Jackson's line with howitzers and rockets.
    • 1815 painting of the battle by participant Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte of the Louisiana Militia based on his memories and sketches made at the site.
  • Fashion

    • Among actresses closely identified with the style were Olive Borden, Olive Thomas, Dorothy Mackaill, Alice White, Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Helen Kane, Joan Crawford, Leatrice Joy, Norma Shearer, Laura La Plante, Norma Talmadge, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Colleen Moore.
    • Popular dress styles included the Robe de style.
  • Cinema

    • De Mille's films were almost all made at Paramount Pictures, and director Henry King's films were mostly made for 20th Century Fox.
    • The period saw the emergence of box office stars, many of whom are still household names, such as Mae Murray, Ramón Novarro, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Warner Baxter, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Dorothy Mackaill, Mary Astor, Nancy Carroll, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, William Haines, Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Dolores del Río, Norma Talmadge, Colleen Moore, Nita Naldi, John Barrymore, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, and Al Jolson.
  • Cheap Amusements

    • Parks such as Atlanta's Ponce de Leon and Idora Park near Youngstown, Ohio, took passengers to traditionally popular picnic grounds, which by the late 1890s often included rides such as the carousel, "Giant Swing," and "Shoot-the-Chutes."
  • Regulation

    • Progressives, such as Benjamin Parke De Witt, argued that in a modern economy, large corporations, and even monopolies, were both inevitable and desirable.
    • Kern (D) of Indiana and Representative Daniel J.
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