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    Private Security

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    CLEAVERN SPEARS (COURSE TITLE) PRIVATE SECURITY IN THE US 1/26/2014 Private security in the US is an essential factor in protecting certain individuals as well as intellectual property. Private security officers are accountable for protecting the nation’s top institutions as well as various other important infrastructures of the nation. Private security can be defined and broken down into many different definitions‚ but Asis; the biggest private sector in the US

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    Allan Pinkerton forms a special caliber posse including Virgil and Wyatt Earp‚ Bass Reeve‚ Wild Bill Hickok‚ and Calamity Jane to track down the notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ALLAN PINKERTON‚ of Pinkerton detectives‚ approaches VIRGIL EARP about forming a special posse to track down notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. The outlaws are infamous robbers‚ who have been stealing gold. They have sent a special coded message about their next big gold heist and Pinkerton

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    The Homestead Act of 1892

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    on June 29‚ despite the union’s willingness to negotiate‚ Frick closed the mill and locked out 3‚800 men. Two days later‚ workers seized the mill and sealed off the town from strike-breakers. Frick summoned a private police force‚ the Pinkerton Detective Agency‚ to protect the non-union workers he planned to hire. The entire town flooded to the mill to meet the Pinkerton’s‚ weapons in hand. For twelve hours‚ a fierce battle raged. Outgunned by the Pinkerton’s Winchester rifles‚ Homestead’s citizens

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    The all American Dream Everyone has heard of the American Dream‚ this assumption that social transgression is obtainable to any individual‚ non-adherent to that individual’s background. However‚ this bare meaning of the American Dream was the adequate meaning during the 20th century‚ but in today’s terms‚ it exemplifies this sense of hope that any person‚ despite of what life they were born into‚ can ascend to their interpretation of success through diligent work and resiliency. This universal

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    The Homestead Strike was a very violent‚ but important event to the people of the American Business Industry. The violent act of a desperate businessman‚ in attempt to retain peace‚ killed many men. The infamous story of the Pinkertons changed the ways of American business agreements. The Homestead Strike changed the traditional American business environment by creating new laws and the awareness of the need for peace in business world. The Carnegie Steel Company was a successful factory‚ which

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    Homestead Strike of 1892

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    The Homestead Strike of 1892 By: Industrial Relations Homestead is located on the Monogahela River eight miles from Pittsburgh. In 1892 the town had a population of about 12‚000 people. In 1880 it had a population of about 600 people. The town evolved around the Carnegie mills. With out the steel mill the town would have little existence. The mill property covered 600 acres of the 600 acres 37 of that is covered with varies buildings. The mills facilities were lighted by electricity which

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    parenthesis to formulate the questions a detective would ask and answer them with logical information. Remember the detectives ask questions with any words and the witnesses answer using some words. Detective: Where were you during the robbery? Witness: I’m not sure. I was _somewhere __. (place) near the counter. Detective: Did you notice_____________________ (thing) suspicious before the robbers came in? Witness: No. Everything seemed normal. Detective: What were the looters wearing? Witness:

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    Labor in the Nineteenth Century 2. A. The Lowell Mills Strike of 1834 took place in Lowell‚ Massachusetts in 1834. The dominant work force in the Lowell Mills were young‚ rural‚ unmarried women. Working in the Lowell Mills was dangerous because the machinery could easily injure a young girl if she made a simple mistake. Also the women worked long hours with little pay. Despite these treacherous conditions there was sense of unity among the women who all came from similar backgrounds. In 1834

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    Cassandra Rollins HIS125: Labor Assessment Assignment Linda Rhoades-Swartz: Instructor February 1‚ 2015 Write a 350-word essay in which you do the following: •Identify what you think to be one of the most significant strikes of the late 1800s or early 1900s. •Describe what it accomplished and what it failed to accomplish. The Homestead Strike was one of the most famous strikes that happen in the late 1800s. This is an example of the struggle between labor union and business owners. In some

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    Andrew Carnegie

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    The rise of capitalism was characterised by exploitation and opportunity. Opportunities‚ if taken at the chance‚ enabled men to access wealth. Andrew Carnegie is the perfect example of an entrepreneur and man who built the roots of American infrastructure. He can also lived the ‘perfect’ American dream. He has a typical ‘rags to riches’ story‚ which makes him a historical icon and an admirable man. Carnegie is known to have built a fortune on steel. However‚ the ways in which he made money could

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