four million slaves were freed. The south had freed slaves and now had a war torn area that needed rebuilding and restructuring. For the next few decades the focus was on creating a railroad expansion and fixing the farm lands. New textile, iron, and steel industries came to be with great success. Farming was a big part of the south and many freed slaves continued to contribute on farm lands for meager wages. The issue with the reconstruction was the newness of the world around everyone. Many white southern
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and Rockefeller. The Industrial Revolution also bestowed on us the corrupt business and political practices that shaped the laws and regulations that are practiced today. The Industrial Revolution saw itself spawn from three industries that led the way railroads, steel, and petroleum. The railroad was perhaps the most predictable development after the Civil War. With the expansion to the west and the rebuilding of the south the raid road structure for the United States jumped from 30,000 miles
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period of great change and industrialization. The iron and steel industry had new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel. In 1901, Spindletop geyser drove huge growth in the oil industry. More than 1,500 oil companies had been chartered, and oil became the dominant fuel of the 20th century and an integral part of the American economy. World War II, 1945, made the oil industry a key American resource. Oil company research and
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General: Process of attaining close and seamless coordination between several departments, groups, organizations, systems, etc. 2.Companies: Merger of two or more firms resulting in a new legal entity. 3.Contracts: Amalgamation of two or more agreements into one contract that serves as a full expression of the intent of the contracting parties. A term used to describe the use of the Internet to replace physical components of a company with information. A business engaged in virtual integration
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used for pencil tips, high temperature crucibles, dry cells, electrodes and as a lubricant. Diamonds are used in jewelry and – because they are so hard – in industry for cutting, drilling, grinding, and polishing. Carbon black is used as the black pigment in printing ink. Carbon can form alloys with iron, of which the most common is carbon steel.” So it means, the carbon in the form of coal is used as the black pigment in printing ink. While for the teabag: The ancient Egyptians and Chinese both
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Essay Four (Exchange Rates): Topic 2 – Australia in the global Economy Outline the causes of a decrease in demand for the Australian dollar, and discuss the impacts on the Australian economy of a sustained depreciation of the Australian currency. The exchange rate is a measure of the value of a currency relative to another and is influenced by the demand and supply of the Australian Dollar (AUD). Changes in any of the factors that affect supply and demand causes the AUD to rise or fall. The
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Eringol Kavoo (D) Kinkari P.T.O. 2. 3. 4. 5. N -lO(E)/11 [2] 6. Which of the following minerals are available from transformed rocks ? (A) Iron, copper, gold. (B) Slate, marble, diamond. (C) Coal, petroleum, natural gas. (D) Silver, bauxite, zinc. In which decade India started to develop Computer hardware industry? (A) 1980 (C) 2010 (B) 1990 (D) 1970 7. 8. On which river of Gujarat is the biggest Hydro-electric power station constructed ? (B) Sabarmati (A) Tapi (C)
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Wagonways and tramways Earliest traces The earliest evidence of a wagonway, a predecessor of the railway, found so far was the 6 to 8.5 km long Diolkos wagonway, which transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece since around 600 BC.[1][2][3][4][5] Wheeled vehicles pulled by men and animals ran in grooves inlimestone, which provided the track element, preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route. The Diolkos was in use for over 650 years, until at least the 1st century AD
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CHAPTER I The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Cookers can broadly be divided into two types, namely gas cookers and electric cookers. Electric cookers can also however also be sub-divided into three types, namely radiant coil cookers, solid disc cookers and ceramic top cookers. Gas cookers power is easy to adjust and response is instant, thus providing good temperature control. Consumption of gas varies depending on the size of the burners. This type of cooker is the least efficient of
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