The Republicans believe in a small government that should only interfere when necessary. ... Both Democrats and Republicans have played major roles in our government. ... A lot of the public will vote on politicians or political issues based on what they"re told by the media. ... Interest groups also play a role in our government. ... Every American over 18 has the right to choose and influence his government. ...

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For example, Stalin already had a dominating influence over several countries because of setting up Soviet-controlled governments in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. ... Stalin's response was that his country needed loyal governments in nearby countries in order to ensure the Soviet Union's security. In contrast, the United States goals were for nations to get along in peace, based on the principles of equal rights and allowing the people to determine their own government. ... Because of the threat, Congress agreed to provide U.S. aid and military equipment to ...

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In 1950 McCarthy made a speech accusing 205 government workers for being apart of the American communist party. ... The films shows viewers what could happen if these communist were not weeded out of the government and in a sense justifies McCarthy's fear. ... Iselin can be compared to Joe McCarthy, accuser of government officials as communism; his costume symbolizes his attempts to being like Lincoln. ... Today's viewers wont feel the same way as those who saw it during the controversy but instead they will be intrigued by an interesting story based on the feelings and facts of th...

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Based solely on the fact that the USSR and the United States had different forms of governments many tensions arose. ... The United States wanted a world of independent nations based on democratic principles. ... The U.S. government has continued a policy of convincing the American public of the great evil existing elsewhere to achieve their economic, technological and defensive objectives. ...

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History 202 At the World's Fair Types and Development of Man, 1904 This picture depicts the different stages of human progress based on the Social Darwinist Theory - The Survival of the Fittest. ... This would be by progressing through industry power and by putting in place governments that are functioning on the same level than the western society one's. ... The duty of bringing legal heritage, which included additional religious and cultural heritage, was an obligation that had to be fulfilled when progressing the world based on Darwin's Theory. ... The fact that the U...

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A group of conservatives then seized control of the government and placed Gorbachev under house arrest on August 18, 1991. ... More local governments within the USSR headed towards independence. ... The communist government soon grew into oppressive dictatorships, and economic times were not as promised. ... Nationalism and political corruption contributed to the deterioration of this system of government. ... The first and mightiest society based on the ideas of Karl Marx had passed into history.?...

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As uprisings sprung up all over the country, the government had to increase taxes to suppress these rebellions. But because of corruption on a grand scale within the government, half the money never reached anywhere other than that of the official's pockets. The exhausting corruption which soured the lower levels of government and the top positions in the government were monopolized ruthlessly which added to the people's general tiredness of the way things were run. ... Many had the idea that change in the old way of government was a good thing. ... The basis of this new strategy inc...

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The fear of conspiracy to overthrow the government led to an attack that persecuted the people who had ties to the communist party and people who had left sided views. ... His main reason for doing this was to keep communism out of the government. ... The Cold War also made the government spend more money on defense then it ever has. The government was also spending more on defense than on programs (D8). ... Obviously, most of the affects were based on communism and war, but that didn't mean that the Cold War was another terrible hardship the American citizens had to endure....

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Truman wanted to put what Churchill call an "Iron Curtain" around the USSR and which again meant each eastern European country that was near to the Soviet border had to have a loyal communist government in power with leaders who would do what "Stalin" wished. ... Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania all ended up with communist governments and had leaders who looked to Moscow for advice as opposed to the people of the country they governed. ... Greece was in a highly sensitive militarily and Truman, did not want to involve America in any military action wanted to give the ...

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Once the bombers were on their way, he sealed off his base and refused any type of communication, including telephone calls from the Air Force as well as from the President of the United States. From there, the government's efforts are shown to call the planes back. ...

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The Freedom Fighter is a movie based on the harsh realities of the Berlin Wall. ... The government paid for medicine and even babysitting. ... You can't retaliate against the government, and you can't stand up for your rights. ... The government doesn't pay for medicine or babysitting. ...

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Initially, there was a debate over the distribution of the Polish government in 1945, followed by the Soviet Union's pressure upon Turkey and Iran in 1946. ... Actors, directors, producers, and writers were all under close watch by the government for any communist ties. ... Miller compared the two events as equally asinine because neither was based on strict evidence, but rather on the fears of the public. ... This paranoia kept growing and growing until it exploded into a massive finger pointing by the government, much like the events that took place during the Salem witch trials. ...

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The center of the conflict started when the Soviet Union established a base of military operations and the heart of oxidant. ... In 1961 Fidel Castro proclaimed officially a social character of his government. ... After seven days of guarded and intense debate within the upper arrangements government, Kennedy concluded to lay a naval quarantine around Cuba. ... However, the Cuban government was frustrated because either the United States or the Russ did not include Fidel Castro in the agreement to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. ...

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Furthermore, the main character in Catch-22, Yossarian, is essentially based on Heller himself. ... These allusions to the corruptness of the government large corporations were the ideas that Americans would come to question in the 1960's. ... Most of the readers in the 1960s responded well to Heller's celebration of the individual and satire of institutions such as the government, military and business corporations (Telgen 104). ...

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In December of 1941, the American naval base Pearl Harbor suffered a surprise attack. ... (Doc A) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill embodied the motivation of the US government to use the Atomic bomb by describing it as "the end of the whole war in one or two violent shocks a merciful abridgement of the slaughter in the East." ...

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Georgia and Ukraine are of strategic importance to Russia, the former with direct access to oil within the Caspian Sea basin, and the latter possessing the Sevastopol naval base. ... Crimea's annexation guaranteed Russia's control over Sevastopol, while denying NATO its use as the new government would have otherwise revoked its rights. ...

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The group of exiles were trained in Guatemala by members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and supplied with arms by the U.S. government, the rebels planned to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. ... -based National Revolutionary Council, blamed the failure on the CIA and the refusal of Kennedy to authorize air support for the invasion. ... North Vietnam were forcing, Communism, a government structure that not everyone agreed with on to South Vietnam. ...

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Then based on the individuals performance they were brought forth to the council that then gave them the choice to go through the ritual. ... The trouble in the Middle East, all was instigated by the cult to leave the country without a stable government leaving the nations oil supplies open for the plundering. ... Does that infiltrator actually exist or have these been rumors started by the cult itself to throw people off, having them rebel against there governments? ...

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Also the Russian government was seeking revenge on the United States because the United States did not enter the war effort soon enough and that caused for more Russian casualties. ... The west decided to create a separate government in their zones. ... The theory of total destruction of the other country was based on three ideas. ...

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Once the bombers are on their way he seals off his base and refuses all communication, including telephone calls from the Air Force and United States President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers). The movie is a comedic look at the government's efforts to call the planes back, and explores the problem of protecting against one person going crazy and turning technology against society. ...

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Collective security was the idea of a defence system based on countries helping one another in time of need. ... The other members would come to their aid, but only if it complied with their government. ...

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The wealth of the Iraqi nation seen through a Westerners eyes isn't based on credit, but on oil and we are trying to seize it. Although we aren't dependent on Iraq for bartering currently, but once we overthrow their government and create a democratic country, then we will export their oil. ... The only debate that I have with Lenin's argument is if capitalism creates a world market, then how do we explain China, a country based on communistic principles, but it trades with every major country in the world and I would consider it an advanced country. ...

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All of the events in history lead to the next. Whether it be the Franco-Prussian war leading into The First World War because of Alsace and Lorraine, or The First World War leading into The Second World War because of unresolved conflicts and unimaginable ideas with Germany. History is defined as th...

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Also, Henry Kissinger's writings in the 1980s claim that the USSR's motives were not based on ideology, but rather on self-interest. ... Historian John Lewis Gaddis suggests that it was Stalin's policies coupled with the Soviet totalitarian government that drew the West into an escalation of hostility and an arms race. ...

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Negotiations with the North Korean's, Russia and China could lead to peace avoiding any conflict between these nations and possibly based on the U.S's suggestions, the U.S could negotiate the reunification of Korea. ... Included with saying that the communists will not react to an invasion some also claim that the original goal was for, " The establishment of a unified, independent and democratic Government in the sovereign State of Korea" (United Nations general Assembly, Oct. 1950). ...

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