Companies exhibited their support by accompanying particular products with war theme, such as altering packaging to national pride colors and commercializing product usage by the military, promoting war bonds (Creating Rosie). ... Not only was the usage of advertisements beneficial for promoting the war, it also increased sales for many companies. ... Many production companies of war materials distributed posters to encourage employees to work longer days and improve working techniques (A Thousand words). ... The War Advising Board worked hard to convince civilians that investing in war bond...

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The end of the Civil War marked this transition from a more agricultural nation to an industrialized one. ... Rockefeller acquired his significant wealth from his very own Standard Oil Company. Through the Standard Oil Company, Rockefeller gained a hefty portion of the oil industry. ... In 1901 the company was sold for 475 million dollars. ... The Spanish-American War is more a result of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence. ...

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The Steel Beneath the Gold "Gild"ed: To Make seem more attractive or valuable than it is" -Webster's New World Dictionary Between the Civil War and the early 20th century, an era of growth, wealth, and power was born. ... From the end of the Civil war to the end of the 19th century, the United States population had doubled due to the huge influx of immigrants, seeking a promising future in the "land of freedom". ... As companies grew, the more competitive they became. For example, if there were three competing companies over a particular section of railroad, two companies wo...

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Britain and Its Colonies When the French and Indian war ended, with the Treaty of Paris, France had to surrender its land in North America to Britain. ... The Tea Act allowed the company to bypass middlemen and sell directly to American retailers. ... It was expected that the Americans, faced with a choice between the cheaper company tea and the higher-priced smuggled tea, would buy the cheaper tea, despite the tax. The company would then be saved from bankruptcy, the smugglers would be ruined, and the principle of parliamentary taxation would be upheld. ... Americans did fight for their ...

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The French and Indian War also known, as the Seven Years War in Europe was a huge conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. ... The first major breaking point was in 1773, when the British passed a Tea Act attempting to help the East India Company from their almost non-existent sales of their teas. With the helping hand of Britain, they let the company sell their tea in North America without the colonial tax and lowered the price so there wouldn't be any competitors. ... The East India Company's prices were so low that the American traders could not compete. ... S...

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After the horrors of the first World War, the 1920s proved to be a time of great optimism and prosperity. ... Economic growth post world war created an affluent consumer society where the urban middle class and upper class had more purchasing power than before. ... To meet the huge demand of the prospering public, companies began to increase efforts towards advertising their products on a larger scale. ... Companies also looked to revamp their products to satisfy the new vanguard. ... However in 1920's the company shifted its stance and Coca Cola was now advertised as a refreshing bever...

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The country had recently overcome a depression and a war, and it was time to make appropriate reformations in order to adjust a series of problems that had become widespread. ... By the 1880's, these large companies were dominating the production of many goods. Many of these companies became trusts, in which stockholders deposited their shares to trustees, who controlled the consolidation of companies. This would make companies even larger and more powerful. ... The origins of the Progressive Movement came from the frustrations of individuals that had started after the war. ...

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The prosperity from war marketing meant that not only had America advanced its own economic strength dramatically, but it's incredibly late entry into the war meant that large parts of Europe were in financial peril after being heavily damaged by the war. ... The US did not join the war until 1917; 3 years after the war had started, however they had not made little of their time. ... They did not pick a side of the war effort, nor did they necessarily cater to those who tried to buy them as an ally, however they did provide to both sides for a large part of the war. ... When the war ended...

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"After the war, the change in American society was dramatic and quick. ... In short, the massive increase in post-war automobile production fundamentally altered American Society. ... "However, after the end of World War II, production levels quickly reached those of 1940, as American factories that had been converted for war quickly converted back. ... In the post-war era, "it soon became clear to the stylists that the debris of war could be recycled into the stuff of fantasy." ... While this hurt the individual label marquee-companies, this did not affect the Big Three's bottom line ...

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In many situations, market and public pressures are the main reason companies or organizations launch codes for internal control. ... The author includes a somehow candid commentary about a Toronto investments specialist that suspects "there may be companies and their advisors who thinks this way", (Pitts, 2003) when it comes to qualifying those actions. The author also says: "Even so, taking difficult corporate actions in the midst of war reflects a time-honoured corporate tradition of trying to bury bad news. The traditional view has been that a company should disclose negative news on a Fr...

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James Otis The Revolutionary War brought out dynamic personalities of men, which have made freedom a reality for us. ... Such orations led to political unrest, often times inciting fellow patriots to seek war. ... As a result, he, the able orator, was able to gain the popular support, maintaining the home front war effort. ... Yet, his mid war selling out to the British, proverbially "bit him in the back."" ... Yet, the British parliament revered tea so greatly, that it imposed a tax on the leaves, and compounded this by forcing the colonists to purchase from the British East India Com...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think di...

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(Rugoff 1989: 40) The Astor fortune was based on alcohol and fraud; drunken Native Americans were systematically cheated and swindled by agents of Astor's American Fur Company. ... In addition to exploiting Native Americans, Astor succeeded in forcing his employees in the western wilderness to buy from company owned stores at exorbitant prices (Meyers 1936; Rugoff 1989). ... Later, as secretary of war, "Cass was to hear and dismiss charges of corruption, extortion, trespass and violence against the American Fur Company and its representatives"(Myers 1936: 103). ...

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The incredible influx of European immigrants to the New World provided the backbone for a crawling toddler of a nation to erect itself from the crippling effects of the Civil War. ... The U.S. government ensured investment by protecting innovative companies regardless if their product was faulty or not. ...

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In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. The French and Indian war took place in America. ... Slowly they took control over the war and forced the French out of their colonies up to Quebec were they cornered French soldiers up a rocky embankment. ... After a period of relative calm, on May 10th 1773, Parliament pa...

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Indentured servitude was actually introduced by the Virginia Company where black or white servants agreed to work for a certain amount of years in exchange for a passage to the New World and housing, something that only the wealthy could afford. ... At the time, the Thirty Years' War was draining Europe economically, resulting in high rates of poor and unemployed citizens. ... The gradual introduction of slavery began when the Virginia Company brought the first 20 African slaves to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 for the production of tobacco. ... Her novel demanded equality and freedom that...

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American companies such as Microsoft and Apple produced simpler "microcomputers" that have been embraced by the American nation (Falk, 2013). ... In fact, the invention of the military drone has been so significant that it has been adopted by the Central Intelligence Agency in the Middle East War (Winston, 2008). ...

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This illustrates just how far television has come into becoming propaganda because companies always try to illicit an emotional response and compel the viewer to participate. ... An example would be during the war in Afghanistan, a newscast could spend two to three minutes discussing the month's death toll of U.S. troops then transition the "lighter side of the news " into a segment about a local animal shelter to give the viewer a change of pace and bring up their mood. This became common practice after the television of the Vietnam War in order to reset the audience's emotions afte...

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Eric Sanderson, an ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, bought historical maps of what the British soldiers saw surrounding them during their occupation of Manhattan during the Revolutionary War. ... (Peter Miller, National Geographic 2009)" What Sanderson did was take one particular map from his collection, dated c. 1782-1783, that was uniquely detailed due to its' use by the British soldiers during the war. ... This area was "polyethnic from its' inception5" which is an interesting find as New York City eventually became the mecca for Eu...

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I trust that our nation was not founded on exploiting labor, that's why we fought such a great war, was to end such immorality. ... (Out of Many, 634) Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Company in 1904, were she exposed the practices of some corporations and strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. ... (Out of Many, 634) Trustbusting decreased the amount of power one corporation had and dispersed it, allowing smaller companies to remain in competition. ...

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The combined profits of the ten most profitable transnationals (IBM, Ford, Exxon, Dow, AT&T, General Electric, DuPont, General Motors, Shell, British Telecom ) at $40 billion equaled Iraq's entire GNP in the year before the Gulf War. ... The reports concluded that the power of these giant companies and the power they wield are still in the hands of an elite group whose global dominance is unmistakable. ...

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After the Civil War, police and medical authorities attempted to legalize and regulate prostitution as a means to control the spread of venereal disease. ... Contrary to the popular mythology, however, the Sexual Revolution did not really begin with the birth control pill because the trend of the revolution can be traced back to the end of World War I. ...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressi...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the loop holes in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressing...

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The most famous depression in modern times, of course, was the one that began in a typical financial panic in 1929 and lasted until the advent of World War II. ... Finally Fed provide a lot of financial support for bailing out companies like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, City Group, GM, Ford, Chrysler etc. ...

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