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    A.P.U.S.H unit 6 study guide

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    Unit 6 Ch. 16-18 (Total Questions 79) CHAPTER SIXTEEN 1 Compare and contrast the Pacific Coast Indians with the Pueblos of the Southwest. The most important of all to the Northwest coast Indian peoples was the Raven. The Pueblo peoples lived in compact‚ permanent villages and resided in multifamily buildings. The women of a household cared for young children; cultivated spring-irrigated gardens. 2 What traits did the Plains tribes share‚ and what was the economic basis of the way

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    US History II Midterm Key Terms Chapter 13: Reconstruction and the New South |amnesty |Enforcement Acts | |John Wilkes Booth |Panic of 1873 | |Andrew Johnson |Civil Rights Act of 1875

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    It treated the all black porter staff as subhuman. Tucker got to see firsthand the treatment of the Pullman porters. "But it wasn’t only the pay and hours that were bad‚" Tucker remembered. "Pullman porters were all black. They were called ’George’ and could be fired just for not smiling frequently and not looking happy." They collected above decent tips because the worked the sleeping coaches sections

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    prominence‚ the Pullman strike of 1894. The Pullman Strike was due the Pullman Palace Car Company cutting wages by 28%. Most Pullman employees lived in housing that was provided by the company. When Pullman reduced the wages the company did not reduce the cost of the housing for its employees. This led the employees to strike‚ although they were not a union. Debs came in an allowed them to join his ARU‚ so that they would credibility. Initially the strike had no effect‚ as the Pullman Company did not

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    from preservationists because of his choice. Additionally in June 1893 the first significant national union was shaped: the American Railway Union (ARU). Its objective was to unite a wide range of "art" or "ability" unions. Numerous laborers of the Pullman industrial facility close Chicago joined the ARU. The development of this union denoted a turning

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    happening. Just think for a second if something was so easily viewed‚ but it was still confusing because the reader is not sure whether a character is good or evil? Well‚ in this book The Golden Compass that is what it does. You can thank Philip Pullman later. In The Golden Compass‚ Pullman’s use of rhetorical devices such as themes‚ motifs‚ and figurative language helps create the text’s serious tone. Throughout this book‚ the themes are huge. One theme that sticks

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    Senator Pullman in a Democratic primary. They have been campaigning hard‚ with Morris having a slight lead over Pullman. But Ohio is a crucial state. It is clear whoever wins Ohio‚ will win the nomination and will go on to run for President. In the point of Publicity and Events Management‚ this film just show how a good publicist‚ speaker and public relations practitioner might able to do beyond that anyone expected. As example in this film‚ Morris and Pullman have their debate in which Pullman questions

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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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    Children’s literature has become one of the major branches of literature. The first literature written specifically for children was intended to instruct them. Critics who study children’s literature have found that what is viewed as appropriate reading for children adheres closely to a culture’s notion of what a child is a notion that may change considerably from time to time. In the 18th and early 19th Centuries John Newbery - an English author and bookseller- ‚ was the first publisher to dedicate

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    George Pullman was the man that began this failed attempt of a utopian society. Pullman‚ who owned a railway‚ made the town so his employees would stick to the ideas and principles of capitalism and Pullman’s leadership. Like the name itself says‚ the utopian society ran in a capitalist economy. Pullman also wanted his employees to stick to the proper moral standards of the era. Pullman tried to convince his employees and the world that capitalism

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