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    US GOVERNMENT & TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION 1 US Government & Transportation Deregulation Galang Pham Embry Riddle US GOVERNMENT & TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION 2 The United States Government played a critical role in the regulation and deregulation of transportation. The US Government first played a role by establishing the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to oversee the railroad industry in 1887. This led to a century of

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    1800’s Transportation In order to create regional‚ national and international markets‚ strong commerce‚ trade and transportation are necessary. During the 1800’s‚ social change became more prominent in different areas of the country such as the South and Midwest. As economic prosperity grew‚ the need for new and more efficient means of transportation grew as well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary

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    Otto Von Bismarck and the events of the 1860’s played a very significant role to the unification of Germany by 1871. Some historians dispute upon the concept that Bismarck was solely a “master planner”‚ arguing that he was in fact a pragmatist or an opportunist meaning that he took advantage of the situations around such as the conditions of the countries. Historian Mosse notes that due to the conditions of intentional opposing countries (such as; Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Austria) Bismarck was

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    During the time period between 1790-1860‚ the United States leaped into a period of looking towards the future and with a movement out west looking for opportunities and cheap land. Furthermore‚ advancements in machinery came to life and an increase in cultivation was set in motion. Overall‚ this momentum set a high standard towards rising market-oriented‚ national economy. During Andrew Jackson’s presidency westward movement was exemplified as Americans set forth. However‚ it was not so bright

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    The election of 1860 was one of the most controversial times in American history‚ and there were only four main candidates. The candidates included Abraham Lincoln‚ who was a Republican‚ Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge‚ who were Democrats‚ and John Bell who was a member of the Constitutional Union. All had a disagreement about the topic of slavery‚ which was an important issue in the colonies. Little did they know that this controversial topic would cause states to begin seceding‚ forming another

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    Columnar Transposition Introduction The Columnar Transposition cipher is very simple and easy to implement cipher. It is a transposition cipher that follows a simple rule for mixing up the characters in the plaintext to form the cipher text. How it works In a columnar transposition‚ the message is written out in rows of a fixed length‚ and then read out again column by column‚ and the columns are chosen in some scrambled order. Both the length of the rows and the permutation of the columns are

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    HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Definition A hazardous waste is any waste or combination of wastes that poses a substantial danger‚ now or in the future‚ to human‚ plant or animal life and which therefore cannot be handled or disposed of without special precautions. The Hazards and Disasters can be classified into four categories viz.‚ Natural events‚ Technological events‚ Man-made events and Region-wise events. The adverse impacts caused due to the indiscriminate disposal of Hazardous Wastes (HWs)

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    In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors‚ including the question of slavery‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the “right of self government.” In 1850‚ John C. Calhoun asked the question‚ “What is it that has endangered the Union?” in his speech "The Clay Compromise

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    There were several changes that took place during the first portion of the 1800s in American politics. “Four factors contributed to the rise of the of a new kind of politics in the 1820s and 1830s: (1) economic booms and busts caused Americans to feel that the government should be more responsive to their needs; (2) the expansion of the franchise‚ or vote‚ allowed greater numbers of American men to participate in politics; and (3) the contentious presidential election of 1824 led the entire nation

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    Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era of the 1860’s began before and continued well after the Civil War. The plans were designed to bring the union back together. Today some historians argue that reconstruction failed. Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Radical Republicans‚ all had ideas and plans of how they wanted to bring the union back together. They all worked diligently to get their plans‚ laws‚ and proclamations into action. President Abraham Lincoln’s plans consisted of a Proclamation of Amnesty

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