As Professor Don H.Doyle says on the book that: “This is the story of birth and development of a rural American community, from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. It vividly portrays the sights and sounds of the prairie, the lives of the Indians and pioneers, the relations between farming men and women, and the ways the settlers adjusted to the advent of railroads and commercial agriculture.” Faragher divided Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie into five sections. The “Howling Wilderness” examines the dispossession of the Algonquian speaking Indians and settlement of Anglo-Americans on the frontier. “The Country of Plenty to Eat” focuses on the creation of a distinctive rural landscape in Illinois. Social relationships between men and women were discussed in “Lords of the Soil, Tenants of the Hearth” and the community life in the west and the transition to commercial agriculture were described in “All is Changed.” Faragher used the narrative of Robert Pulliam, who was born in Virginia and migrated to Illinois with his parents before settling on Sugar Creek.
Case Study 1 a) What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Contribution margin per passenger = $ 160- $ 70 = $ 90 per passenger Contribution margin ratio = $ 90/$160 = 56.25% Passengers = $3,150,000/$ 90 per passenger = 35,000 passengers Break-even point in dollars = $ 3,150,000/0.5625 = $ 5,600,000 b) What is the break-even point in number of passenger train cars per month? Average load factor = 70% of 9090 X 0.70 = 63 seats per train car 35,000/ 63 = 556 train cars c) If Springfield Express raises its average passenger fare to $ 190, it is estimated that the average load factor will decrease to 60 percent. What will be the monthly break-even point in number of passenger cars? Contribution margin = $190 - $ 70 = $120 per passenger 90 X .60 = 54 filled seats Break-even point in passengers = $ 3,150,000/$120 = 26,250 passengers 26,250/54 = 486 train cars d) (Refer to original data.)
Cameron Trimpey-Warhaftig Business, Industry, and Labor 1. Factors promoting Am Industrialization – Natural resources for raw goods (coal, iron ore, copper, lead, timber, and oil), Labor supply due to loads of immigrants cheap labor, Capital for investing in Am business, Technological advances (2nd industrial revolution), Pro-Business gov’t policies – Protective tariffs, little regulation of business, low taxes on profits, RR system, protection of private property 2. Characteristics of Am business 1840-1920 – 3. America’s first “big” business – Railroads 4. Railroad time – At the General Time Convention, RRs agreed to the 5 time zones that lasted for 35 years 5.
By 1819 new states were all being added as slave states. Missouri in 1821 which was not part of the original N.W and S.W ordinance was a new slave state. Planters thanks to Eli Whitney, were now able to grow different types of cotton that was better suited for the internal lands of the U.S. Northern states were worried about the increasing slave states because it meant that there was a growing southern power in the house of Reperesentves. In 1821 Missouri was admitted into the union in 1820 because of the Missouri compromise. This meant for the admission of Main as a free state.
1500 test study guide chapter 1-5 English inns and travels were prominent during the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1760) (more armies- more roads- TRAVEL) Romans traveled first for pleasure The darkages- inns were lost due to civilization (monasteries, churches, religious houses) DURING THE RENAISSANCE (1300-1600) 1. Henry VIII helped inn keeping flourish by taking church land 2. Development of the STAGECOACH 3. Improved economic and social conditions **Coles ordinary- first tavern in America (1634) Boston, MA **City Hotel- first hotel in America (1749) NYC – 70 rooms **Tremont house- first luxury hotel (1829) Boston 1. First to have private rooms w/ locks on doors 2.
He was committed to the antislavery cause and worked unceasingly for improvement of black civil rights. In 1837 Reason, Henry Highland Garnet, and George Downing launched a petition drive in support of full black suffrage. He was also secretary of the 1840 New York State Convention for Negro Suffrage. Reason founded and was executive secretary of the New York Political Improvement Association, which won for fugitive slaves the right to a jury trial in the state. In 1841 he lobbied successfully for the abolition of the sojourner law, which permitted slave owners to visit the state briefly with their slaves.
In 1864, after the Civil War, the composition of the Indian penny changed again - 95% copper and 5% zinc and tin. “The Coinage Act of 1864” was passed which made the penny legal currency. The penny’s composition (95% copper and 5% zinc) remained the same for over forty years, with the exception of 1943 the penny’s composition was zinc - coated steel due to the use of copper for the war effort. In 1909, Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure on a U.S. coin. It commemorated his 100th birthday.The Lincoln penny was the first U.S. cent to include the words, “In God We Trust” from 1909-1958; the Lincoln coin’s flipside featured a wheat design.
This was the longest uninterrupted period of expansion since the government started keeping track in 1854.During this time fifteen million new jobs were created and just under twenty trillion dollars worth of good and services were produced. President Reagan inflated the DOD budget. He wanted the Americans to be ready for a war just in case if one ever happened. President Regan also had plains for what he called the “star Wars.” His Plain was to make some kind of shield that would protect us from nuclear missiles. President Reagan also deregulated the lending restrictions for savings and loans.
Explain Topic#2- Urban Immigrant Life Introduction: Written in 1906, Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle “provided a voice to the great masses of immigrants who came to America yearning to be free and comfortable and who found instead the wage slavery and misery of mill, factory, sweatshop, and slum. Sinclair highlighted the factory workers’ conditions- “physical danger, insecurity, fear, exploitation, corruption and faith.” The Jungle gives us a glimpse into immigrant life in US cities between 1880 and 1920. Directions: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Go to the following website: http://www.online-literature.com/upton_sinclair/jungle/1/ Read the first chapter and answer the following 1) What country are the main characters in “The Jungle”
Woodrow wilson Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and signed the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote OCCUPATION Educator, U.S. President BIRTH DATE December 28, 1856 DEATH DATE February 3, 1924 EDUCATION Wesleyan University, Bryn Mawr College,Johns Hopkins University, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University),Davidson College, Law School of the University of Virginia PLACE OF BIRTH Staunton, Virginia PLACE OF DEATH Washington, D.C. At the outbreak of World War I in Europe on July 26, 1914, Wilson