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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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

United States During the 1860s

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

Morris County, New Jersey's Civil War Contributions

a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...

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....

Harriet Tubman's Life and Activism

In five pages this paper discusses the life of Harriet Tubman, her life as a slave and her activism such as her Underground Railro...

Transcontinental Railroad and Wyoming

In seven pages this paper examines how Wyoming's economy prospered as a result of the Transcontinental Railroad. Five sources are...

Railroad Industry and Computers

firm. However, in imagining such a company, it pays to note that today, most railroad companies are huge conglomerates ("Whats Fre...

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...

'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...

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...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

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

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...

Changes for the NMB

The NMB is the Board that mediates labor disputes in the airline and railroad industries. The Board was established 1934 Amendment...

Early Head Start and Pre-K: Early Intervention Programs

services and the importance of integrating these services in preparing young children for compulsory education. While early chil...

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...

Industrial Urban Recycling Areas

In five pages this paper considers how to revitalize such areas as Durham, North Carolina's tobacco warehouses, Knoxville Tennesse...

REGULATORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION

resulting in more than 6,000 injuries and 900 deaths. Why hasnt more been done on the ground transportation network front...

Global Competition, U.S. Economy, Euthanasia, Bioethics, and Healthcare Policies

patients suffering whereas passive euthanasia is when a patient is deprived of treatment and/or nourishment that is needed in orde...

The Myths of Westward Expansion

that the Anglo Americans were superior to the Natives. They believed that they had the power, and the right, to take over land. Wi...

COST CONSIDERATIONS AND THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY

(Traffic World, 2008). This was down from 2005, which was 12.2% (Traffic World, 2008). Another factor to consider when it ...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

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)...

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...

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 ...

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad

of Appeals: Whether or not the defendant, the Long island Railroad, should held negligent as a proximate cause in regards to the p...

Siebert: The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

the Railroad, which would probably have delighted him no end (Quarles, p. 145). Seibert also does something else that has largely ...