CEMEX In little more than a decade‚ Mexico’s largest cement manufacturer‚ Cemex‚ has transformed itself from a primarily Mexican operation into the third largest cement company in the world behind Holcim of Switzerland and Lafarge Group of France with 2004 sales of $7.1 billion and more than $2billion in cash flow. Cemex has long been a power house in Mexico and currently controls more than 60% of the market for cement in that country. Cemex’s domestic success has been based in large part on an obsession
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Overview of time period Reasons things are changing Expanding Population Causes many babies born lots of immigrants more diverse culture market expansion Numbers 1700: 250‚000 1775-1800: 2-5‚000‚000 see settlement expansion before‚ all settlements 50 miles from coast 95% of world’s population never went past 25 miles of their birthplace by revolution‚ settlements west of appalachian mountains 95% of world’s population never went past 25 miles of their birthplace land becomes scarce
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* *My Lai- a village in the northern section of South Vietnam where more than 200 unarmed civilians‚ including women & children‚ were massacred by US troops in May 1968. * *The Pentagon Papers- a 7‚000 page document that was leaked to the press in 1971 by the former Defense Department worker *Daniel Ellsberg- revealing that the US govt had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War. * -16 Dec 1972- talks b/t the US &
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History Unit 2 Exam Review 1. The causes of the Depression were easy credit; people were easily able to receive loans‚ lack of financial regulation; the government did not regulate financial services and the shirking demand for exports; Canada relied heavily on exports to boost the economy but as demands decreased‚ prices did too. 2. People faced living conditions in which they had no choice but to receive relief. In order to receive the relief they were forced to hand over their drivers’
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U.S. History Europe England: Economics – enclosure o Economy began to revive o Enclosure: property owners fence off land for grazing Squatters kicked off Hiof land => landless population o Colonies = solution for landless peoples Merchant capitalism o Merchants in look for investment opportunities Development of joint-‐stock companies Nationalism o Spain = Britain’s greatest rival o Defeat of Spanish
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odUS History Review Test 18 The Rise of Industrial America‚ 1865 - 1900 1. The World’s Columbian Exposition in 1892 was [A] a meeting held in the District of Columbia to expose industrial working conditions. [B] the Chicago World’s Fair. [C] a summit conference of North and South American governments held in Colombia to promote industrial development in the Americas. [D] the first international labor relations conference held at Columbia University in New York City. [E] the meeting held in Chicago
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The Gilded Age * During the Gilded Age‚ American businesses were transformed: * Massive corporations replaced small‚ family businesses * New technology‚ transportation‚ marketing‚ labor relations‚ & efficient mass-production * By 1900‚ the U.S. was the most industrialized country in the world * 19th-century inventors led to an “Age of Invention”: * Cyrus Field’s telegraph cable * Business typewriters‚ cash registers‚ adding machines * High-speed textile
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MUSTANGS DRESS UP IN THEIR FAVORITE DECADE ATTIRE AND FILL THE BLEACHERS READY FOR A FOOTBALL GAME THE NIGHT CONTINUED WITH THE DISCO DANCE HELD IN THE GYM. Trabuco Hills’ annual "Decades Day" came around and the students were eager to dress up! The students saw this as a day to dress up wearing attire from the decade they should have been born in. Decades Day which is held at the beginning of the school year in September provides students with the opportunity to showcase their favorite fashion
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could recover Texas‚ New Mexico‚ and Arizona from the U.S. 3. To what extent did Wilson transform American involvement in WWI into a crusade? * Many people still didn’t want to enter into war‚ for America had prided itself in isolationism for decades‚ and now‚ Wilson was entangling America in a distant war. * To gain enthusiasm for the war‚ Wilson came up with the idea of America entering the war to “make the world safe for democracy.” * This idealistic
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doubles in the 1920’s‚ real wages only raise by 1/3 -Resulting difference goes into corporate profit -Rich can’t spend and re-invest fast enough -Leads to an over-wealthy upperclass‚ and an under-wealthy working class Agricultural Discontent -A decade of hardships for farmers -Competition and the free market fails famers‚ as supply goes up‚ price goes down‚ and farming becomes unprofitable -FDR-New Deal=progressive(wants progress) and liberal (left on the scale) (democrat) Roosevelt Family
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