From 1905 to 1924, California lawmakers attempted to pass many laws to control the Japanese population. ... However, the federal government did not allow many of these laws to pass. ... This allowed freezing of their accounts and seizing of their properties. ... Those who could not sell their property, left their possessions in the hands of trustees. ... Congress passed the American Evacuation Claims Act (1948) however it only applied to property losses and only met 25% of the total claims. ...

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Many instances in American history prove this; such as the Dred Scott decision, where the U.S Supreme Court decided though Scott was in the free state of Illinois with his owner he is property to his owner in any state . This is one of the lowest forms of governing in U.S history, to claim that another human being is property was disgusting. ... The government passed these laws after it became clear that the dangerous conditions exposed by Sinclair's novel The Jungle were based on fact. ...

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The new Cuban government, under Fidel Castro confiscated private property, sent agents to initiate revolutions in several Latin American countries, and established diplomatic and economic ties with leading socialist powers, such as USSR In June Congress had passed legislation enabling President Dwight D. to take retaliatory steps against Cuba. ... These activities violated the Boland Amendment, a law passed by Congress in 1984 that banned direct or indirect U.S. military aid to the Contras. ...

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Unfortunately, when Ole died, Carl Hein beat him to the property and purchased it back. ... Later that same night, Carl was killed in a freak accident, when a large freighter passed through the shipping channel, creating an enormous wake which knocked Carl off of the mast. ... The ship passed through the channel at 1:42am, a mere five minutes before Carl's watch stopped working. ...

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World war one caused destruction to human life and property on such a scale that never had been witnessed before. ... The Fascists emerged as a bulwark to communism and in Italy Mussolini's Blackshirts broke up Communist strikes and in1933 Hitler used the threat of communism to pass his Enabling act. ... He used mass hysteria and propaganda to gain him support and once in power he used intimidation to pass the Enabling Act, which gave him totalitarian control. ...

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Gradually, as time passes by, we develop more advanced hunting weapons and techniques, a set of language to communicate more efficiently, and clothing for comfort, warmth, and protection. ... Machiavelli once wrote, "One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons, as I said earlier, when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you they turn away" (44). ...

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(Glennon 48) Suffrage was an important feature of the democratic world and was reserved to property holding men in Britain. ... They did not stay to ask what prize should crown their task- well sure that prize was such as no man strives for; but passed into eclipse her kiss upon their lips- even Belphoebe's, whom they gave their lives for!" ...

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Jews had to hand over the wealth, property, and businesses, along with drivers license and car registration. ... In result, the bill was never passed. A year later a bill was passed allowing English children to enter the United States. ... In 1940, Roosevelt wanted to stop all immigration, however that was not passed, so he cut down the number of people that were allowed to enter. ...

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The women passed their days sitting beside the hearths as they had nothing to cook and to feed their sons and daughters the sufferings of those mother is best illustrated by T.S Eliot in his Waste Land, a living portrait of war-torn Europe, where the poet says: "What is that sound in the air/ Murmur of maternal lamentation," (367-368). ... "Remember that this world is not an unclaimed property. ...

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The sales of everything began to slow down including consumer goods and properties stopped selling as fast as sells were doing just a few months ago. ... So, the congress passed the Selected Services Act to draft men into the army. ...

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Women had been granted the right to speak in public, testify in court, and preach from the pulpit, access to equal education, control of personal wages and property, legal custody of children and entrance into some professions and suffrage. ... On May 21, 1919 the House of Representatives passed the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment; originally the 16th Amendment, but now the 19th. ...

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War on Terrorism Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. ...

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