The Hawthorne Experiments: Management Takes A New Direction General Electric‚ the major manufacturer of light bulbs‚ had preliminary evidence that better lighting of the work place improved worker productivity‚ but wanted to validate these findings to sell more light bulbs‚ especially to businesses. GE funded the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an impartial study. AT&T’s Western Electric Hawthorne plant located in Cicero‚ Illinois‚ was chosen as
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Puritanism in Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "The Minister ’s Black Veil" Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "The Minister ’s Black Veil" is a story about sin and the dark side of the Puritan religion. Hawthorne was a descendent of Puritan immigrants and grew up in Salem‚ Massachusetts where Puritanism was quite prevalent. While his story emphasizes Puritan beliefs‚ it criticizes those with which he disagrees. Through the use of symbols‚ Hawthorne uses his writing as a channel to prove the hypocrisy and extremities
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in the month of July and started off in a town called Martinburg which was located in the state of West Virginia. What lead up The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a depression that started in September of 1873. The depression had a hold on the country that included wage cuts‚ evictions‚ breadlines‚ and layoffs. Many Americans suffered for the rest of the year as well as throughout the year of 1874. Even though 1874 was a
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was a popular novelist who wrote short stories and novels during this time period He is famous for writing the book The Scarlet Letter which is about a woman accused of committing adultery who had to wear a scarlet letter A on her clothes . His stories allegories of hypocrisy ‚sin and corruption. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century american writer‚ He was was born nathaniel hathorne on july 4th‚1804 in Salem massachusetts. Nathaniel’s father ‚ a sea captain died in
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Scott Stearns B Period The Chinese Emigrants Importance to the Continental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad‚ originally known as the “Pacific Railroad” constituted one of the most significant and ambitious American technological advancements of the 19th century following the building of the Erie Canal in the 1820s and the crossing of the Isthmus of Panama by the Panama Railroad in 1855. It served as a vital link for trade‚ commerce and travel that joined the eastern and western
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Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad shows that they have been supporting state of Idaho for more than over 60 years since after the. The ad wants to show its audience that they serve more than just goods but they also transport civilians to other parts of the country as well because they care about the community. The Railroad system wants to try serving all civilians all across the west coast delivering goods to manufactures. The Union Pacific Railroad wants to develop in the
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The B&O Railroad has an unwavering historic importance. It is the oldest common carrier railroad of America. The businessmen‚ surveyors and engineers from Baltimore and the state of Maryland took initiative for the building of the B&O Railroad. It was built to increase the state’s economic prosperity. The state had rich resources of coal deposits‚ natural gas and oil in the midst of heavily forested mountains. It linked the agricultural Midwest to the commerce offered by Ohio River. Chartered on
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Reconstruction Period: The Railroad It was considered “the most powerful weapon that the white men could use against natives” yet one of the most efficient American ingenuity; creating jobs‚ the economy to flourish and the expansion of a nation. One might ask how this weapon came to be and how was it used against the natives of the U.S. ? It was the height of the American Civil War; the north and the south raged in combat. The 16th President‚ Abraham Lincoln had issued the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 establishing
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The natural world‚ in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Romantic novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is utilized as the main tool to exemplify that appearances are deceptive‚ and often hide the truth beneath themselves. Hawthorne shaped the presence of nature through his interpretation of how the Puritans interacted with it‚ how nature itself shaped the personalities and actions of some characters (such as Dimmesdale‚ Hester‚ and Chillingworth)‚ and how Pearl interacted with it. Using nature as a cloak for
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• Story response log 19 : “Wakefield” - Nathaniel Hawthorne Setting: In the city of London‚ England in a span of 20 years Characters: -Mr. Wakefield- A middle aged man‚ who one day decides to leave his home‚ and return many years later‚ as if nothing has happened -Mrs. Wakefield- Wakefield’s faithful wife‚ who awaited his return‚ but eventually accepted her widowhood state. Narrative point of view This story was told through Mr. Wakefield’s perspective using the 3rd person limited narrative
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