... for the evil ways of Autocracy. This choice left no neutral ground, much like the McCarthyism of the 1950s where one was either Communist or a Patriot. The fifth reason for entering the war was one of innovation and advancement of the American society. It stated that, ... investigated and established The House of Un-American Activities Committee. This group, under Senator Joseph McCarthy, called forth many influential people with ties to Communist parties in a Salem-Witch hunt style attempt to rid the nation of communism. Church leaders, especially Catholic, were outspoken against Communi...

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... totalitarianism and democracy while fellow fascist supporters (Russia, Italy, and Germany) aided Spain's path to totalitarianism (which ended up appearing as meaningless slaughtering of civilians). In the Orient, recently turned communist Japan started tearing apart at China, killing hundreds of thousands of Chinese in order to acquire more living space (a World War II trend). Still, the League of Nations and the ... world economy, everyone was so worried about their own country's affairs that they didn't bother with other countries. This is the time that Italy, Japan, Spain, and German...

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... organization", but left the individual opportunity for real personal activity." Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist people. Hitler gained even more popularity with his symbol of the Swastika, an emblem that many anti-Semitic political parties wore. By the ... Germany and was carried out by far more horrendous situations. At the end of World War II, the monarchy was abolished and the communist party leader Marshal Tito proclaimed the country the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, and named himself the Prime Minist...

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... out order for Lenin and became his most trusted lieutenants. Stalin wrote articles in newspapers such as "The Star" and "The Truth," to spread communist influence. During the Russian civil war, Stalin received the order of the Soviet Banner, which was the highest military decoration in all of Russia. ... The Russian Social-Democratic Party changed its name to the Russian Communist Party and Stalin became one of five members of the newly founded political bureau. In 1922, the Central Committee elected Stalin as its ... secretary general and in late 1922; he was elected Secretary of the C...

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... were looking for new leadership. The citizens knew that even though Lenin said he organized his government on democratic principles that in reality the Communist party held all the power. Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin were among Lenin's revolutionary/ supporters. They both helped create the Soviet state. After ... Lenin died because of a stroke at age 54, these/ two men (Trotsky and Stalin) became bitter rivals for control of the Communist Party. The outcome of this/ struggle would determine the future course of the Soviet Union. Stalin, Lenin's successor/ would aim at dramatically tra...

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... organization", but left the individual opportunity for real personal activity." Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist people. Hitler gained even more popularity with his symbol of the Swastika, an emblem that many anti-Semitic political parties wore. By the ... Germany and was carried out by far more horrendous situations. At the end of World War II, the monarchy was abolished and the communist party leader Marshal Tito proclaimed the country the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, and named himself the Prime Minist...

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... careless and evil Both would do whatever they thought was necessary to further their cause, with no remorse about what they had done. In 1922 Lenin, the leader of the communist party had a stroke. Overtime his condition got worse and he became less involved in the party's affairs. When Lenin died in January 1924, it left two men in contention for ... was in exile in Mexico. Stalin felt that if he eliminated his only threat, that it would mean less opposition to his power. This gave Stalin full control over the communist party. Hitler was the other example of a bad person. He demonstrate...

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... I marked the end of the "Old Order". It also marked the rise of communism and fascism. The historical end of the twentieth century was the collapse of the Soviet Union's communist system. Fascism having been defeated with the end of World War II, the end of Soviet communism marked the triumph of democracy. This period of time is historically significant as ... died of famine over a five-year period. Stalin also became obsessed with destroying all opposition. Through the use of his secret police, Stalin ordered purges, which often included his own communist party members, and seven milli...

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... a sudden the support of the American's and the aid pans were withdrawn, Germany was again isolated and the economy was in crisis. The rise in Unemployment and a renewed fear of a Communist uprising gave Hitler's messages a new importance. People were again interested in the views of this extremist party. In a land where the government was struggling to control the economy, the people ... and more desperate, people were more and more ready to listen to the ideas of Hitler. When the great depression struck, many Germans accepted his explanation that it was a Jewish-Communist plot. He had ...

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... coming to a close anyway. The Treaty of Versailles was signed to end World War 1, and Russia was left out. Russia neither gained nor received from this treaty because of their communist government and economic turmoil, they were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference or to join the League of Nations. After the war, Russia continued to have a plummeting economy and ... restlessness throughout the land. The population was very unhappy and the communist government was trying to retake control of the land. The only aspects that Russia had a negative negate from of this war were the amoun...

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... war which puts a negative twist to the war in that it seemed to be unorganized. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. supported the Truman Doctrine and stood behind the South Vietnam. Kennedy and Diem, southern Vietnam's leader, were ... for the troops to slowly be pulled out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist camps were thought to be. Prote...

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... democrats of the Weimar Republic who betrayed them at Versailles and brought about the social and economic disorder of the 1920's and 1930's. The other choice was communism. To be communist during this period, however, meant that one had to identify with Russia and the radical working class who were striking throughout Stevens 5 Germany and, in the eyes of most Germans ... to the person who made them feel this way (Building Up German Hegemony In Central Europe 1933-1938). Yet another important ally of Hitler was big business. Fearful of the communist worker riots exploding all over Germ...

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One major concern of the Americans during World War I was the communist influence. There was a group of men known as the "Hollywood Ten." They were put on trial in front of the House Committee of Un-American Activities to review the effects ... of Communism in America. This group consisted of writers and producers that were called to testify whether or not they were members of the growing Communist party. Due to the refusal to testify these men were put in jail and blacklisted. There were many men that were a part of the "Hollywood Ten." A few are Alvah Bessie ... ...

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... . However, Germany, France, and Italy were left in political ruin. Communsist support rose in France and Italy. They made great gains in post-war elections. They began to speed up Communist takeover by launching violent strikes. Anti-communists in these countries quickly began to vote for other parties, leading to the decline of their influence. As the ... communist influence decreased, the economies rose. The Allies felt that those responsible should be punished, so a crime like this would never reoccur. In 1946, a International Military Tribunal made up of people ... ...

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... Germany that if he was elected he would get rid of unemployment completely. The people who voted for the Nazis were not just the unemployed. Many employed people also voted communist. They wanted a government who could seize control of banks and businesses, to take their money and spread it between the poor. It is highly likely that many Nazi voters were ... to eliminate all those who were in opposition to his position as a dictator. For three years all of the Soviet Union's people lived in fear, this included members of the Communist Party, the government, military personnel and even h...

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... nuclear arsenals. Reagan's main military conflicts all had to do with communism. During his terms he mounted a major campaign to overthrow the Sandinistas, the communist party which ran Nicaragua, sent military equipment to Muslim guerrillas fighting the Communist government of Afghanistan, and joined with South Africa in aiding guerrillas fighting the Marxist government of Angola. Although the United States abandoned isolationism as ... ...

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... Union, Joseph Stalin, and by China. South Korea had been America's ally since the end of World War II five years earlier. When North Korea, with the approval of the communist Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea to try to unify the country, the United States believed that the communists were testing whether America would fight to defend its ally ... . Korea became a symbol against communist aggression. The United Nations gave unanimous support for South Korea and eventually 21 nations sent supplies, medical personnel (Denmark, India, Italy, Norway, and Sweden), or combat units to ...

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... not help either side in the war. Although the U.S. was staying neutral, they had done many things to help the allied powers and diminish the possible communist takeover being sought by the axis powers. The three communist leaders were Benitto Mussolini, dictator of Italy, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union. The three leaders believed that ... ...

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... for Adolf. He felt he was finally being recognized for his skills and accomplishments. Hitler recovered from his injuries and joined a militia of veteran soldiers put in charge of keeping communist groups in check. Hitler was put on task of watching a small political group called the "German Worker's Party." He realizes through watching them that their beliefs match his own, so ... he decides to quit the military and join this group in hopes to use it to push him to the political top. The group was mainly the same as other communist groups around at the time but with an overhaul of anti...

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... point was "how the benefits and burdens of modern industrial society would be distributed" (Stackelberg, p. 64). The life that was taken in this battle was liberal democracy in Central Europe. Communist parties were pushing their labour movement on to the people that inevitably made a large portion of the middle classes shift further to the right. People were willing to try new ... relatively new political party that was founded after World War One to magnetize the middle classes to a Nationalist cause. The DAP held many anti-socialist views as well as anti communist views. In February ...

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... middle and upper classes of Germany (Riedlsperger, Internet). Many Germans began expressing doubt in the ability of the Weimar government to handle the needs of its people. In Russia, the Communist Party swept into power. Some Germans became increasingly worried that Communism would soon spread to Germany and began electing representatives of a new party that had emerged. These new politicians began ... Germany. To further strengthen his position, Hitler called for new elections. Prior to the elections, a fire tore through the Reichstag, destroying it. Hitler, once again stirring German...

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... doing things that they did not want to do. It is similar to the McCarthy era, where if you do not agree with the way of thinking, you were labeled a communist and in this situation you are considered a friend of Hitler. This is only the first of the advertisements that uses Adolph Hitler to push the government s agenda. The next advertisement ... Americans. This is where again the political propaganda comes in. In the 1960's there was a possible threat of an atomic bomb possibly going off in America at the hands of communist. The problem with this ad is that it placed great fear into Am...

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... the Nazi party found itself can be found in Neidenburg. In 1928, the NSDAP picked up 2.3% of the total vote. By the 1930 elections, this figure had risen to 25.8%. Communist and extreme-left parties also began to pick up votes. In this time of economic turmoil, voters began to turn to either the extreme left or far right. Clashes between ... army felt they could identify with Hitler. Hitler was a strong leader. He focused on national unity and destroying internal enemies, and the restoration of the German economy. He was anti-communist but not entirely anti-capitalist because if he had ...

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... war which puts a negative twist to the war in that it seemed to be unorganized. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. supported the Truman Doctrine and stood behind the South Vietnam. Kennedy and Diem, southern Vietnam's leader, were ... for the troops to slowly be pulled out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist camps were thought to be. Prote...

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... ideas about economics and government. They fought a war of ideas called the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union were in a nuclear arms race. In 1959, Cuba became a communist country and the Soviets secretly put missiles there. President Kennedy was afraid the Soviet Union would attack the United States. He sent warships to surround Cuba. He hoped a blockade would ... ...

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