There were only signs of discrimination all throughout the United States towards Japanese Americans. ... Today, racism is still alive and well but now they also have to deal with poverty due to Executive Order 9066 pointing fingers at Japanese Americans in the United States at the time. ... " which shows Japanese Americans picking up a bar of TNT waiting for Japan to signal to fire it off in the United States. ... Executive Order 9066 had a good idea in mind but it shouldn't have violated the rights of Japanese Americans that were born or naturalized within the United States. Althou...

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When thinking of a symbol of the United States of America, the first item that wonders into my head is our flag. ... Every military conflict that the United States has partaken in, our flag has had a significant role. ... Flag Day is a holiday in the United States. Flags are flown all across the United States to exhibit the patriotism that exists on our soil. ... Freedom of speech, in the constitution, states exactly what it means. ...

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The Red Scare was a political and social phenomenon that overcame the United States shortly after the First World War, which ended in late 1918. During World War I, an extreme patriotism took hold in the United States. ... Constitution and rule of law" which has always guided the U.S. and insured our free society were suddenly now pushed back. ... For example, 32 states passed laws banning the display of a communist Red Flag". ... Even the important goals of protecting the country and maintaining a strong and effective government must not result in the destruction of civil liberties and the ...

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This essay will enlighten and solidify the importance of this Declaration to not only the citizens of the United States of America but to the citizens of the planet Earth. ... It has been used by numerous politicians as a basis for ideas and principles for important documents of the United States to follow, such as the Constitution, Amendments and others. ... With the United states economy waning in the late 1930's the power's to be had previous warning of an eminent attack on the Hawaiian Islands by the Japanese prior to the actual event. ... or the Unit...

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As professor Stanley Hoffman summarized, " the united states expects gratitude and affection." ... And as bestowed by our Constitution everyone has the right to voice their opinion. ... Religious freedom in the United States is under appreciated. ... I also agree to the fact other countries view the United States as a big bully. ... And that the United States has a weakness that gives hope to the underdog. ...

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The United Nations has had unattainable aspirations put upon it by the world. ... The Dumbarton Oaks Proposal, as the United Nations Charter was known, was the constitution drafted in 1944 dealing with how all member states would unify to maintain peace and better the world. ... The Security Council was comprised of the five powers at the time, the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, the United Kingdom, France, and China. ... Member states of the United Nations are obligated by the Charter to settle disputes by peaceful means. ... The International Court of Justice rules...

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The United States involvement in both World War I and II was not immediate but crucial. ... The president is head of diplomatic affairs for the United States. ... The United States felt an obligation to help those in need. ... The blacks then came back to the United States and found it hard to adjust. ... The United States extended ten billion dollars worth of U.S. ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out by the "Big Four," which were the leaders of the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy (Mack 667). ... The Great Depression was not only in the United States, but it affected the entire world. ... Article 12 was amended to say, "The United Kingdom, United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall possess supreme authority with respect to Germany. ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had contr...

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He was the father of the United States and helped the country in its struggle for freedom. ... After the war, Washington was unhappy with the Articles of the Confederation and took steps to bring about the ratification of the Constitution. In 1787 when the Constitution was ratified, Washington was unanimously elected President. ... As war incurred around the world, the United States tried to maintain a position of neutrality, however support for the Allies was obvious. ... On the morning of December 8, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States was thrust into the war. ...

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Japan has made its surge into the world of high income nations over the past thirty years because of its technological advances and also its successful importing and exporting records with nations such as the United States, Britain, Hong Kong, and Germany. ... This is a system of government in which the people are protected by a constitution and the leader of the government comes from the family in control of the monarchy. The country has been a monarchy since its founding in 660 B.C., however Japan's constitution was not signed until May 3, 1947 and it does not allow for nearly the fr...

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The Japanese constitution invested Hirohito with supreme authority, however, in the early years of his reign, he merely ratified the policies that were formulated by his ministers and advisors. ... Japan's military expansion during the 1930's led to its entry into World War II in December of 1941, when Japanese bombers executed a devastating surprise attack on the United States naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... Hirohito appeared to favor peace, but he did not decide until after the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the US...

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Schlesinger states that leading to the Korean War was the first major conflict that was conducted with no congressional declaration of war. Congress believes that a king shouldn't rule over the United States. ... In the book it states that The Congress failed in numerous cases because of the way it was formed and structured. ... Congress should always get the last say, is what The Framers of the Constitution believed. ... If the Supreme Court rules that a law approved by Congress violates the constitution, the Congress can initiate the process to amend the Constitution, impeach the hos...

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All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. ... Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. ... By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. ... This division in views led several of the southern states to succeed from the union and form the Confederate States of America and so the Civil War began as a necessary evil to end slavery in North America and reform the United States. ...

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The United States government highlighted an ambition reconstruction plan. ... When did the American South become less distinctive from the rest of the United States? ... In the United States, Slavery had a significant role in shaping the south. ... Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, advocated a vision of the "New South" at the New England club in New York. ... National pride would sweep the nation, and we would become united, even if only for a while. ...

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Roosevelt's "new deal" legislation, which changed the United States. ... Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times as they began popping up all over the United States. ... The number of passenger cars in the United States jumped from fewer then 7 million in 1919 to about 23 million in 1929. ... The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. ... The thought of the American Dream cemented in the heads of thousands of Americans ove...

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(Cold War) Once allies against Hitler, the Soviet Union and the United States confront each other at the end of WWII. ... Despite opinions of what others might say, the United States and other non-communist nations tried to rush aid to the refugees. The United states offered new homes to 21,500 of the refugees. ... Foreign minister Imre Harvath walked out of the United Nations General Assembly on December 11 in protest against the United Nations debate on the Soviet actions in Hungary. ... Later in October, Hungary's National Assembly made extensive revisions on its constitution. ...

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"To ensure the peaceful development of nations, free from coercion the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations"... Under the "name of the United Nations", the United States was able to send troops and forces. ... The United States agreed to take responsibility in enforcing the agreement of the armistice. ... Directly aided by the United States Armas returned the expropriated land and halted the literacy and social welfare programs. ... The mujahidin were supported by aid from the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, channelled through Pakistan, and from Ira...

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He was doing all he could do by just keeping the United States out of the war. However, in relation to Europe and the World War, Wilson knew that the United States was not going to be able to stay out of the war forever. ... His opponent, Charles Hughes, had favored teh idea of the United States getting involved into World War I. ... At that time, the United States military personel numbered less than 150,000. The United States, at that rate, would have only been able to last for a few days if they entered the war. ...

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It seems to me that from the beginning of the Spanish civil war, until recently the United States has completely ignored Spain. ... Why did the United States ignore the fact that a fascist uprising was threatening democracy in Spain? ... The Soviet Union and few other countries supplied little help but most countries including the United States opted to remain neutral. ... Spain was not included in this pact but an unofficial non-intervention policy was organized by the United States, France, and Great Britain. ... The non-intervention and trade embargo on the part of the United States und...

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With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. ... Even after the armistice, the United States would still continue to pursue the unification of Korea. ... Eisenhower believed that the goals of the Republic of Korea were the same as the goals of the United States as stated in the preamble of the United States Constitution, namely, "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty." ... He feared that th...

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With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. ... Even after the armistice, the United States would still continue to pursue the unification of Korea. ... Eisenhower believed that the goals of the Republic of Korea were the same as the goals of the United States as stated in the preamble of the United States Constitution, namely, "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty." ... He feared that...

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With the help of the United States government, the German economy started to stabilize. ... This starts the great depression and results in the United States to call in all their loans. ... In a move to have control over government to move his measures through, Chancellor Bruning convinces President Hindenburg to invoke Article 48 of the constitution which gives the president power to rule by decree in a state of emergency. ...

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This is known as The Atlantic Smalls 2 Slave Trade and during its course shipped over a million slaves to the United States. Slavery was most prominent in the south, and when the threat that the slaves would be freed when Abraham Lincoln was elected scared the southern states, especially South Carolina and Georgia. ... One of the most significant events in African American history is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited the states Smalls 5 from using literacy tests, interpreting the Constitution, and other methods of excluding African Americans from voting (Memory). ...

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In 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. ... This invited women to serve on the Women's Committee of the United States Council of Defense. ... The first four states to give women the right to vote were Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. ... At the 75th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, she reread the Declaration of Rights of Sentiments and proposed a new amendment claiming, "Men and Women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction." ...

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As Hitler and the Nazi's power rose in Germany during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, after World War I, we begin to see how this happened and compare it to the concepts of Democracy which we live by today. We can explore how Democracy had failed in Nazi, Germany and relate it to the events, which surround...

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