...creation of a managerial structure which determined who had control over what process within the business and how those people would then delegate each task to an individual or group. From a business aspect this is known as a “vertical structure” and was predominate far into the twentieth century. The new managerial structure spread to the majority of businesses at the time and allowed corporations to manage vast quantities of materials and products as cheaply as possible. Andrew Carnegie used this structure to refine his steel company into becoming the most efficient, most successful steel manufacturer in the world. Standard Oil, led by John D. Rockefeller, used this method to dominate the distribution of kerosene and gasoline by the end of the nineteenth century. By streamlining their businesses the entrepreneurial moguls of the time were able to amass massive amounts of wealth; however, this drive for success and wealth also caused a great number of hardships especially for the workers in...
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...Battlefield Report: The Battle and Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse It was the 8th of April, 1865. Merely days earlier, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia had evacuated Petersburg and Richmond . After a day and night of persistent marching while under pursuit from Union General U.S. Grant, Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia settled near Appomattox Courthouse. Lee’s objective was the South Side Railroad where much-needed food supplies awaited (www.civilwar.org). Unfortunately for Lee, Brigadier General George A. Custer reached there first, capturing and burning two supply trains. Grant sent a surrender request, which Lee promptly ignored as he hoped for more supplies at Lynchburg. He did offer to meet Grant...
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...States including Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky were not included in the Emancipation Proclamation. The Civil War was not a war to end slavery it was a war to get the South to join the Union once again. “That aim remained the restoration of the Union, but the Emancipation Proclamation meant that it would be a transformed Union, one without slavery” (Crowther, Edward R.”Emancipation Proclamation”.14 Mar.2012) Many believe that even if the Emancipation was not signed that slavery would of come to an end. But the question is was the Emancipation Proclamation needed to win the Civil war? The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in states rebelling against the Union, but the slaves in the Union and Border States were not at all affected by the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was a war strategy that Lincoln hoped would help him win the war. As Lincoln stated many times, he was not trying to abolish slavery in the beginning of the war but he would do anything to put the country back together with or without slavery. The Emancipations Proclamation did not actually free any slaves but it freed slaves for a short term period until the war was over. To actually free slaves Lincoln would need to win the war because he was not legally able to confiscate the South’s property because they had seceded from the Union. On January 1, 1862 Lincoln signed the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves within in the south. “All persons held...
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...would change the course of history. The fort was named after a Revolutionary War hero, Thomas Sumter. Built as a symbol of independence in 1860, Fort Sumter stood at a towering 300 feet by 400 feet in Charleston Harbor. Originally, the fort was under the command of union troops until General P.G.T. Beauregard and the confederates bombarded the fort on April 12th and 13th, 1861. The reason the first shots were fired was because President Abraham Lincoln had ordered supplies to be sent to his troops. The supplies...
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... I) Since the beginning of mankind the world has been under various ruling powers with only one goal in mind. A) This led to the rise of monarchies with their kings and queens, the socialists with their presidents, and the communists with their tsarist rulers. B) In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev brought upon the world the idea of Glasnost', which led to the changing of the largest ruling power in the world to a new power benefiting everyone. II) The Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics before Glasnost'. C) Different styles of Soviet government from the early 1900s up to 1985. 1) Leninism to Stalinism to Khrushchev to Brezhnev. D) Coups and the Great Purge III) What lead to Glasnost' and what it is. E) In 1986, Gorbachev dismayed at the slow process of reform being conducted in the country proposed to the citizens of the USSR and the entire world a two new ideas to help bring reform to the country in a much more radical direction. F) Gorbachev called for a glasnost’ (openness or candor) in the media and culture. IV) Changes within Russia and Foreign changes. G) Banned works and speaking out are no longer dangerous crimes against the state. 2) Criticizing the government led to the formation of a large number of independent nationalistic movements in the USSR. 3) Scholars and scientists are allowed to share their findings with others. H) Multiple treaties signed to end decades of heated...
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...the 17th of August of 1945, when the Soviet Union was in the midst of the Stalinist era and is critical of the situation that was developing there. In George Orwell's views the Soviet union was turned into an inhumane dictatorship built around a single man and enforced through sheer terror of various punishments and/or executions. The author deems his book a "fairy story", but the book is anything but. The animals of Manor Farm, plagued by malnurishment and the injustice that was forced upon them, revolt against their human...
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...the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention, emancipated slaves enlisting in the Union army, and the military strategies employed by the North’s generals. Both the Union and Confederacy expected a quick victory, each believing it possessed several advantages over the other. In the end, however, the North’s overwhelming superiority in manufacturing and industry proved to be far too great a hurdle to overcome by the South’s agricultural economy. While the consensus seems to be that there was no single contributing factor in the War’s outcome, there are several that should be highlighted, beginning with Lincoln’s leadership role. Lincoln’s chief priority from the beginning of his presidency was to preserve the Union. The way in which he achieved this was through skillful use of executive power provided by the Constitution. In the secession crisis, Lincoln relied on the prerogative element in the executive power to prevent the destruction of the government. His decisive action marked the first steps pointing to the reinauguration of the national authority and reconstruction of the Union in order to augment and perfect the principles of the founding (Belz par. 53). Once national authority was established, Lincoln would later use his presidential powers successfully and effectively through the emancipation of slaves; a strategy which would serve the Union well when Lincoln permitted the enlistment of Negros in the army. With the recruitment efforts of...
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...The Cold War was an indirect interaction between the U.S.A and the Soviet Union. The different ideas of government were one of the main reasons of why there was a war between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Not only that, many factors came along with the war, starting from 1945 other Countries and Nuclear weapons created tension between them. Economic competitions, policies, and plans also contributed to the creation of the Cold War and the finalization of it in 1991. The presidents at the time also influenced in big decisions making, and lead to a better or worse situation not only in the U.S and the Soviet Union, but also in many countries that were involved. During the late 19th Centaury the Soviet Union (USSR) was encouraging the pro-communist...
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... who have lived as slaves during the Civil War. It’s a short story about slavery, freedom and their revenge on Sterling Gage who has tortured the three slaves throughout their lives. The short story is published in 2011 and is written by the author Richard Gibney. The short story shows how harsh and brutal it was to be a slave and how they fight to achieve freedom. It also shows how revengeful the slaves were because they were treated very badly throughout their lives. The short story takes place in the United States in the end of the American Civil War. “It was the day after the boy from the Union had come to the farm to let the slaves know they were freemen” (Page 1 lines 1-2). This is the first quotation in the short story and it already tells us that it takes place in America in the Southern states. The key word “the Union” says that the story takes place in the Southern states because the Union is in the North and the boy came from the Union. The slaves in the Northern states were already free at this moment and they fight for freedom of the slaves in the Southern states. Therefore, we can assume that it takes place in the southern states. There are several opinions about what caused the civil war. Most people believe that the event that started the...
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...he had to deal with the issue of southern states seceding from the union. He personally was anti-slavery, but prioritized the sanctity of the union over ending slavery. Lincoln ended up ending slavery and saving the union, but it cost him his life. Lincoln often describes himself as a naturally anti-slavery man, but decides to do what he feels is right for the union rather than his personal views. His personal viewpoints sometimes differed from his public viewpoints. Lincoln’s stances on the preservation of the union often influenced his position on slavery. Lincoln's principal objective was to keep the Union together no matter what. In the Lincoln-Douglas discusses in 1858, Lincoln broadly expressed "A house separated against itself cannot stand." (Document 1) He goes ahead to clarify how this legislature must be altogether one thing - either all servitude or all free. Lincoln trusts that division is the thing that will part the Union. This view is coming from an anti-popular sovereignty standpoint - Lincoln was negating Stephen Douglas' popular sovereignty views , where the general population have the privilege to choose by vote of their territorial legislature regardless...
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...Unit 9 Final Project Kaplan University Exploring the 1960’s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Unit 9 Final Project The year is 2325, and I, archaeologist extraordinaire, have been summoned to view the contents of a strange sealed capsule that was found buried outside what used to be our nations capital. I have seen these capsules before but have never had the opportunity to be the first to analyze what is in side. Many of the capsules that I have read about before have had a brief glimpse of history and how things used to be during a certain time period. The first item found when opening the time capsule from the 1960’s is The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was waged from 1961 until 1975 ("Battlefield: Vietnam,"). The Vietnam War cost over $150 Billion and lost over 58,000 American lives (Van Buren, 1991). The Vietnam War was such a big part of the 1960’s; it is almost impossible to no it include it in any time capsule representing the 1960’s. The second item found in the time capsule is the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement was a movement started to create equality between white people and black people. The fight for racial equality started in 1954 is still going on today (Brunner & Haney, 2007). The Third item removed from the time capsule is the band The Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead provided the sound track for the psychedelic movement of the 1960’s, creating 23 albums over 24 years ("Grateful dead discography," 2013). The fourth object...
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...is divorced with 3 children that do not live with her. She lives with a friend and her boyfriend and they all work together at the nuclear facility. From the beginning of the film, there were clear distinctions made between the workers and management. Karen was very comfortable with her fellow workers but was generally conflicted with management personnel. The film begins with story line involving her personal life issues. As the characters and storylines are developing, we see how the workplace is operated. The workers have to wear several layers of protective clothing and have to be scanned for radiation when leaving the production floor. Most employees work double shifts and are required to work overtime on the weekends to meet production demands. One of Karen’s elder co-workers gets exposed to radiation and has to be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. She needed to be tested for radiation levels and Karen comes to the conclusion that her coworker was not screened appropriately. This begins Karen’s interest and involvement in the safety conditions of the workers in the facility. As Karen personal issues continue, she is exposed to radiation at work and must be scrubbed and evaluated. At this point she joins the union representatives and tirelessly works to acquire the vote necessary to certify the Union...
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...| [Type the author name] | | Course Project for Professor Mary Myers-Nelson in HRM586: Labor Relations with a due date of 02/16/2013 | (Early & Wilson, 2008) (Teamsters, 2013) Table of Contents In the Beginning 2 Corruption within the Teamsters and the Fight against It 3 When the Government Got involved 5 The New President 6 The fall of Ron Carey 7 Innocence is won 11 Speculations of a Conspiracy 13 Conclusion 16 Bibliography 17 The history of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) dates back to 1902 when it was first established. In 1991 Ron Carey became the General President of the teamsters claiming that he would end the corruption within the Teamsters. He was the 11th president for the IBT and the first one to be elected by direct vote of rank-and-file members. He is most known for ending the strike in 1997 of the parcel giant UPS. Shortly after his big win against UPS he was barred from the presidency and permanently ejected from the Union. This paper tells about his life from his years before presidency, what he did while he was in office, why he was barred, and the events leading up to him being found innocent. In the Beginning Ronald “Ron” Carey, was the son of a teamster, a fellow union man and was born in New York City March 22, 1936. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marines for two years from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 he joined the Teamsters while he was a package car driver for United Parcel Service...
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...United States and the Soviet Union began to collapse. Relations between the two nations worsened and disagreements led to them butting heads. This led to the beginning of one of the longest wars in U.S. history. This war is known as the Cold War. Although it didn’t involve any actual warfare, it would change the world forever. There were many factors that lead to the beginning of the Cold War. Mainly, the biggest factor was the conflicting ideologies of the U.S. and Soviet Union. The U.S. is a capitalistic nation that wanted to prevent the spread of communism and there were many famous and well known cities that were, “in the Soviet sphere and all are subject in one form or another,...
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...Cold War Your Name History 365 - Recent America: 1945 to the Present Your Professor The Date COLD WAR Beginning in 1947 and lasting until 1991, the Cold War can be defined as the sustained state of military, as well as political, tensions that existed between western hemisphere countries and their NATO allies and the Eastern hemisphere that was dominated by countries in the Warsaw Pact dominated redundant by the USSR. Following the success of the wartime alliance formed temporarily against Hitler’s Nazi Germany, the only two superpowers in global affairs were the United States and the Soviet Union. However, these two countries had profound differences in their political and economic ideologies, and this led to the beginning of the Cold War. This is the thesis. The Second World War had a profound repetitive effect on global politics, with the early efforts of leaders in the US and the USSR attempting to shape the international system that was emerging after the war. Here you make the thesis more explicit but should have done so in a way that would introduce the points you´ll develop below. In my opinion, the beginning of the Cold War can be traced from encouragement of what? de by the Europeans, especially the British. Their encouragement of the United States to make their policy tougher towards the USSR was vital in the beginning. From my reading of the article, The Origins of Post War America, I believe that former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill...
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