... them ahead in the race (Shirer 264). Hitler still was not elected to the Presidency. Using force, Hitler got Hindenburg to pass a law that abolished freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly. Hitler then brought before the court the Enabling Act. This law gave Hitler the power of a dictator for the next four years. With violent persuasion, he got the bill passed. Germany ... trust, he gave them a list of 500 to 1000 SA leaders, which they could dispose of. In a period of two days, all the men were brought before a firing range in a school basement and shot (Shirer 265). In August...

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... of the list of 14 points put forward by him. The point of the League of Nations was for collective security and for there to be a world parliament where nations would meet and settle arguments and disputes instead of going to war. The League dealt with nations who started fighting by punishing them with trade and military sanctions. The League had some weaknesses, for example great powers ... weren't members, such as USA, because the US senate didn't want America to get tied up in Europe's affairs. Also, Germany didn't join until 1926 because it was a defeated nation. Another one of the...

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... In 1871, Congress passed the Force Bill to Implement the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing the rights of all citizens. In the same year Ulysses S. Grant issued a proclamation calling on members of illegal organizations to disarm and disband: thereafter hundreds of Klansmen were arrested. With ... axes wed to the federal government. With the death of its strongest postwar leader, it broke down into numerous, independant, competing units, which often didn't last long enough to be placed on the list of sebversive organizations issued by the U.S. attorney general. The .....

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... the king, and the crown had an effective force that would be used for military conquest and the suppression of rebellions. To celebrate the glories of his reign, Louis built a palace at Versailles. The palace is the finest example of Louis" desire for magnificence. It was so large ... ." "In 1932-3 the Centre Party was so far from recognizing the danger of the Nazi dictatorship that it continued to negotiations for a coalition with the Nazis and voted for the Enabling Act which conferred overriding powers on Hitler after he had become Chancellor." On April 1, 1933, just one ... from gove...

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