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    led to the rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s. New technologies like steam engines‚ railroads‚ and telegraphs made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies. Workplace innovations‚ such as the assembly-line method of production‚ allowed these companies to produce goods on a mass scale. In the late 1800’s‚ the American railway system became a nationwide transportation

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    Working with evidence 1. Follow the steps to analyze the question: Look for Time‚ Task and Content. a. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1787. 2. Sort through the list of evidence provided and categorize it into the three categories asked for in the prompt. Add rows if needed. If necessary‚ use all the resources available to you to research unfamiliar material. Political

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    Westward Hilton

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    Running head: BUILDING CAPABILITIES AT THE WESTWARD HILTON Building Capabilities at the Westward Hilton Hiller Hotels is a very prominate hotel business in Phoenix‚ Arizona. This company has a wide range of middle class and upscale hotels and also has a few restaurants. Peter Green‚ executive vice president for operation‚ has been employed with the company for more than 10 years. Hospitality has been a part of Green’s life since his teenage year. Green worked over the years and gained experience

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    Document-Based Question 1 While Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion created conflict with foreign nations‚ including the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)‚ and within the United States‚ it worked to unify the United States from 1830 to 1860 by strengthening the nation as a whole‚ creating economic opportunities for people from all different walks of life‚ and expanding the United States through the annexation of Texas and the acquisition of California from Mexico. The United States became

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    Britain in the 1860s Things were quite different in Britain during the 1800s than it is today. There was no Child Protective Services. Women could not vote‚ nor did they get proper education. In order to support the family’s income children had to work from an early age. They worked as chimneysweepers‚ sellers in the streets‚ prostitutes‚ pot makers‚ coalminers etc. and had really long hours; often from early morning until late at night (which was similar to a fully-grown man’s working hours). Today

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    War in America‚ which made India the largest producer of cotton textiles and caused a rapid boom‚ as well as the opium trade that flourished after the Opium war in the 1840s had ended. 1860 and the subsequent years were seen as an important era for the making of this city‚ as the economic growth had several implications on the social and political life as well. Thus‚ this period saw the coming up of several shops owned by business families who had migrated from different regions of India‚ setting

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    A large variety of changes were happening for the United States. Between 1800 and 1825 the U.S. population doubled in size and public opinion was more important than ever. The United States was becoming more modern. New developments in industry‚ transportation‚ and communication began to unitize advanced industrial countries and the U.S. Trading was made easier with improved roadways. In the south‚ cotton became a profitable crop with the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin. Industry began flourishing

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    EXPLORING THE WEST * No stop to the expansion to the west * 1840‚ Americans occupied all East of the Mississippi River * Less than 60 years after independence‚ most of population lived west THE FUR TRADE * Fur trade boosted exploration on America * Traders & trappers depended on the goodwill of Natives * Oregon Country was the trading place for Natives and Americans * Not until 1820 were Americans be able to challenge British dominance of the trans-Mississippi fur trade

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    Just Us! - Opportunity for Branding and Marketing Expansion Executive Summary This executive summary has been provided to allow readers a rapid appreciation of the content of this assignment. This document analyses the marketing situation for a Fair Trade coffee roaster company with business in the wholesale and own retail market. The environment was analyzed by scanning the micro and macro environments‚ giving emphasis to competition and external factors. After that‚ the SWOT analysis

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    During the mid-late 1800s‚ economic and industrial developments profoundly transformed the land and the peoples of the American West. Immigrants and non-Indians who longed for new opportunities in life settled there. This influx of westward movement was primarily initiated as a result of deliberate policy by the federal government. Since the United States government secured more land in central North America after the Louisiana Purchase and annexation of southern and western states (Boyer 317)‚ the

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