The German system of government is often referred to as a "Chancellor democracy" owing to the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Chancellor, head of federal government. The Chancellor is directly elected by the bundestag, Germany's parliament, upon the proposal of a candidate from the Federal President, currently Prof. ... The Chancellor is the only member of the government elected by the parliament and he alone is accountable to it. ... The guidelines of government policy are set by the Chancellor, placing him in a particularly strong position in government. ...

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The same day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination the Austrian government retaliated by declaring war on Serbia. ... Then, following its alliance with Russia, France declared war on Germany. ... But the United States kept a Neutral state and tried to keep trade up with both Britain and Germany, but by 1916 Britain had been able to cut off 99% of American trade with Germany. ... The American government campaigned to tell the public that entering the war was good. ... As German armies and control slowly dwindled, the war was coming to an end. ...

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The actions of the US Government with regard to the expulsion of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi during the 1830's and the actions of the Federal Government toward the Japanese-Americans in California during World War II hold many similarities and many differences. ... In the following, these two actions of the US Government will be discussed and analyzed. ... The "original inhabitants of our forests"" were "incapable of self-government."" ... Finally, many question why only the Japanese were relocated and not the Germans or the Italians. This was because people were able to se...

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This, however, was not enough to cool down the German. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... In Europe, Germans were trampling on every place they stepped. In 1945, the Soviet Union halted German triumph. ...

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President Wilson felt that America was not under attack from the German forces, so he therefore did not entitled to declare war on Germany. ... While in Belgium, Germany committed war crimes and atrocities. ... People were being killed and terrorised in the name of "government intervention.... But as a result of seemingly giving everything up, the Germans got a new form of government established. ... Both were entered in retaliation of attacks on American assets, also due to humanitarian reasons, and create a stable and democratic government in war torn regions. ...

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The most accepted definition for the word democracy is "government by the people." ... This paper will discuss the background, governmental structure, and political issues of Uganda to inform the reader, and to determine whether Uganda is a democratic form of government. ... Between 1849 and 1855, many German missionaries sent reports back to Europe of great lakes and snowy mountains a few weeks" journey inland from the coast, and word began to spread about Uganda. ... In addition to that, they allocate funds and oversee the implementation of Government programs and projects. ... The Cabi...

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In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress and asked it to lift the embargo on the sale of weapons, a provision that primarily hurt the European countries opposed to Hitler and Germany, known as the Allies. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the...

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Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies needed to be stopped. ... To try to understand this, one must look both at the people and government's point of view. ... After all do not forget that the American government is there "for the people and by the people" and therefore the people's view did play a major role in this declaration of Neutrality. ... Germany was one of the United States' "most important markets" during the 1930's. ... At last America had to go to war and eventually bring an end to the rule of Nazi Germany. ...

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Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. ... To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did play a major role in the declaration of the Neutrality. ... Germany was one of the United States most important markets during the 1930's. American investments in Germany increased by forty percent between 1936 and 1940. ...

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American destroyers were also used to blockade Germany, which proved highly successful in cutting off supplies to the German home front. ... "Black Jack" Pershing, the AEF grew into an exceptional fighting force that swayed many battles against Germany. ... With the new federal agencies, the government intervened in American life as never before. For example when strikes threatened telephone and telegraph companies, the government simply seized the company and ran it. ... Through the economic preparations for the war, the partnership between the government and business grew extremely close. ...

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The policy stated that to win American recognition, they must not only exercise power but reflect "a just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or irregular force." ... The protests involved American goods and money and Germany's submarine policy threatened American's lives. ... Wilson's decision was ultimately changed when Germany began its plan for U-boats to sink on sight all ships. ... It divided up the German colonies in Asia and Africa. Instead of peace without victory, it made Germany accept responsibility for the war and demanded enormous reparations. ...

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On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ... After the Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build an enduring peace. ... It forced on Germany the burden of reperations and placed limits on German armed forces. ... After all, the Germans were taking a greater toll on the merchant ships in the Atlantic. ... At this battle, the British were on the offensive against the Germans. ...

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He also recommended that they preserve China's territory and its government. ... The Arms race with Britain and Germany was causing tension between nations and something was bound to occur. ... Most Americans saw Germany as a dangerous monarchy and much of the propaganda didn't support them. ... President Roosevelt began increasing the size of the military and issuing direct warnings to Germany. Germans responded by temporally ceasing submarine warfare until 1917 when German Ambassador Berstorff announced the continuation of submarine warfare ending any diplomatic relationship w...

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(Zinn, 362) However, as soon as Germany threatened to sink any American ships bringing war supplies to its foes, Wilson used that as an excuse to go to war. ... There were many German immigrants living in the U.S. at this time, which meant a lack of support from this group. Basically, the only ones who were profiting from the war were the businessmen and the government. ... (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." ... In WWI, the public fought for something only the government and industrialists would profit from. ...

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As president, Roosevelt put the United States in the middle of Germany and Venezuela to block Germany from collecting a debt that Venezuela owed German Banks. ... When Roosevelt original came to the government of Panama, which was owned by Colombia. ...

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After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. ... The Soviet government began to reduce its forces in Europe, and in 1989 pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan. That same year many communist nations in Eastern Europe began to fall and the Berlin wall that divided East and West Germany was torn down. In 1990 Germany returned to being a u...

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Many new laws and government programs were created to help those who were suffering. ... (McElvaine44) The federal government favored new industries over agricultural. During World War 1 the government had subsidized farms and paid high prices for wheat and other grains. The federal government had encouraged farmers to buy land, and modernize their methods to produce more food. ... To make matters worse in 1924 the United States had started lending to Germany and other European countries. ...

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He believed in big government and its role to provide for the people and adapt its policies according to needs. ... Taft also thought that economic individualism was still the structure of the social order if the government and private entrepreneurs cooperated in social ills. ... However, Wilson's Neutrality policy was broken when Germany continued to sink American ships after it sunk the British Lusitania. Another factor that broke Wilson's neutrality was the Zimmerman telegram, which was a proposal of alliance between Germany and Mexico should the United States join the Triple Ente...

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We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. ... However, many are also asking Americans and their government to act and react with reason. ... China has reiterated its stance in support of fighting terrorism, but the leaders of the Chinese government are not so sure about Mr Bush's plans. The Chinese government wants him (whoever it is) and justice as much as George W. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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The company, which also had large interests in Cuba and Colombia, came to exert great influence upon the policies of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. ... But in 1889 the Germans, who also had economic interests in the islands, sought to undo this agreement by overthrowing the Samoan government. The matter was temporarily settled in that same year when Britain, Germany, and the United States established a joint "protectorate" over Samoa. Ten years later a new agreement gave Pago Pago to the United States and the rest of Samoa to Germany. ....

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The Random House College Dictionary defines democracy as, "Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." ... The citizens of the United States continuously chose agents to represent them in government. Of the three branches of government that the United States has all the members of two are chosen this way. ... Roosevelt started to aid Britain in its fight against Germany in the early 1940's. ... Without the knowledge of the public Roosevelt used th...

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The Random House College Dictionary defines democracy as, "Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." ... The citizens of the United States continuously chose agents to represent them in government. Of the three branches of government that the United States has all the members of two are chosen this way. ... Roosevelt started to aid Britain in its fight against Germany in the early 1940's. ... Without the knowledge of the public Roosevelt used th...

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Jackson decided he was going to slowly shrink the amount of money in the Bank by using it to pay for day-to-day expenses of the government, this way the Bank of the U.S. would surely die. ... Irish and German Immigration Many Irish and German immigrants came to the United States during the mid-1840s. ... Both Ireland and Germany had fallen under hard times. ... The Americans felt that the Irish and German immigrants would take their jobs. ... The Irish and Germans greatly contributed to shaping the American life. ...

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