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Margaret Fuller came into prominence as 

This British industrialist hoped to create factories where conditions and wages would allow workers to live meaningful and fulfilled lives. 

Matthew Brady became well-known for his work as 

This transcendentalist from West Roxbury, Massachusetts found Brook Farm in 1841: 

Before the Civil War, about ___% of the cotton produced in the United States was exported abroad. 

This individual, born into slavery in Maryland, became an abolitionist leader, writer, statesman, and orator after escaping to the North: 

Andrew Jackson advanced the idea of a concurrent majority, a term which means that a majority of a separate region (that would otherwise be in the minority of the nation) has the power to veto or disallow legislation put forward by a hostile majority.

Before the Civil War, Virginia and Maryland took the lead in the domestic slave trade of trading of enslaved people within the borders of the United States.

By the mid-19th century the largest cash crop and most important American commodity in the United States was: 

As of November, your hotel is going through a typical low season. Thus, GM is considering to drive room night demand by lowering current ADR and asking you to perform a Price Elasticity of Demand analysis so that he/she can make an informed decision. Build a spreadsheet that shows the results of Price Elasticity of Demand based on the information provided below. To better assist with the GM to make an optimal decision for projected higher bottom line, Expected GOP should be determined along with Estimated Rooms Revenue and Total Direct Expenses. Assume that your Direct Expenses Per Occupied Room is $19. 23. Based on the results, draft a short passage highlighting the results. *** *** Your work of calculations on the spreadsheet should be made with MS Excel formulas and corresponding cells. Any changes made in prediction should be reflected on the results. Please be noted that simply typing numbers as text won’t be awarded any points.   Old ADR Demand New ADR Being Considered Expected Demand $123 190 $96 234