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Go West on the Transcontinental Railroad

voyages or three-month-long overland treks, both equally dangerous, as well as prohibitively expensive for most people. When the ...

1865 to 1945 Construction of American Railroads

this time construction was taking place in an effort to be able to ship supplies and other necessities to the soldiers at war. It ...

18th and 19th Century Underground Railroad Network

The Railroad was not co-ordinated or organised by any one particular group, but operated basically on the cell principle....

A. Phillip Randolph and His Influence on Labor Unions

young Randolph, and in 1911, he made his way to Harlem in search of employment. Soon, he, too, was one of the impoverished Africa...

Early Urban America and the Impact of Railroads

The absolute neglect with which this matter was handled is most unpleasant and an excellent example of the animosity and resentmen...

Companies and Class Action Lawsuits

about their eligibility. Q. How much money will I receive? A. You are eligible to receive a share of the settlement only if you o...

The Demands of Utilitarianism

the expense of so many others? Indeed not, inasmuch as Sarahs mistake cannot be expected to cost one hundred innocent lives over ...

New York and the Presence of African Americans

Railroad Station (Soul of America, 2002). The Abyssinian Baptist Church was founded in 1808 as a result of segregation in a white...

New Brunswick, Canada's Zinc Industry

(to the east) and the U.S. state of Maine (to the south). The land mass of New Brunswick is 73,500 km2 and 85 percent of that is f...

Economic Growth and Inventions

1836. The beginning of this coincides wit the revival of the economy and the return to prosperity. The end of this increase is see...

American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

'Labor Slowdown Campaign' 2004 Australian Article Sociological Assessment

Now, drivers are taking action. Why are they doing this? The employees claim that they want more rights, and that drivers are be...

Theodore Levitt's 1960 Article 'Marketing Myopia'

as time when by they began to decline, they did not see themselves as transportation companies, but merely as railroads. Therefore...

Industry Leader Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

building a huge industrial complex for which it was later sued for back rent. It also sponsored a NASCAR racing car without trickl...

Substance Abuse and Burlington Northern Railroad

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

threatened almost everyone, regardless of social status. The disease ultimately led to many states implementing what was called ...

What are Critical Thinking Skills

of the time. Even critical thinkers get stuck in ruts and do not see their own blind spots in their thinking (Foundation for Criti...

Tennessee Folklore: The Ghost Lights of Chapel Hill

his lantern, as he searches for his lost head" (Brown). In addition to the lights, some people have reported UFOs in the sky; oth...

Deregulation and the Airline Industry

knowledge and huge access to capital, which many run-of-the-mill businesses just dont have. But a competitive industry has...

Computers Need More Than Just Virus Scanning Protection

a five month period. Over 823 new viruses and worms appeared in just the Third Quarter of 2003. The speed at which...

The Abolition Movement

also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The ...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way

moral conviction, and, especially. on the part of African American activists, a fierce visceral passion for freedom" (Bordewich 4)...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Home Video Game Industry Case Study

"take" was enough to convince him that he was on the right track. He was-it was the start of an entire industry. Bushnell talked ...

TANGIBLE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERY RISKS:

pharmaceutical industry is that its extraordinarily research-intensive, especially in the United States (Mossinghoff and Bombelles...

COMPETITION IN THE GOLF EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY

study entitled "Competition in the Golf Equipment Industry in 2008" points out that golf has been around for a long time; for cent...

Immigrant Workers who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how immigrants helped build the transcontinental railroad. This paper includes explanations...

The Beverage Industry

the industry is that of carbonated drinks, these include brands such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Dr Pepper. With more than 28% of the ...

Building Green

Organizations reasons for constructing environmentally friendly buildings are as varied as the designs that have emerged through t...