The most practiced type of democracy in America's large society is the indirect, or representative democracy, where people elect representatives to make decisions for them. ... If all three of these principles are obtained and preserved completely in America, a true democracy can exist. ... About a million Irish migrated to America because of this political struggle and hoped for democracy. ... The struggle for democracy seems to be the main reason why Europeans migrated to America. ... Women also emphasized the struggle for democracy in America. ...

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Why Americans Don't Vote Voting is a central aspect of American Democracy. ... Americans are very proud of the fact that they live in a democracy. In fact Americans have fought numerous wars and thousands of Americans have died in the name of Democracy; Americans even fight wars in the name of democracy where there is no democracy like Kuwait. As a democracy the central act of democratic citizenship is the casting of the vote. ... Many Americans are turned off by the length of American campaigns. ...

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In regards to its government, Greece is currently a parliamentary democracy. Although Greece in its history was one of the first countries to come up with the ideal of democracy (i.e. ... Simitis is the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement or (PASOK) Stephanopoulos is the leader of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, Konstandinos Karamanlis is the leader of the New Democracy, and Aleka Papariga is the leader of Communist Party of Greece or KKE. ... Greece also exports 5% to the United States of America. In regard to imports, Greece imports 59% from other European nations such as...

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What is representative democracy? ... Firstly what representative democracy means and the different forms of it. ... Representative democracy is by definition "a democracy in which government is effected by elected representatives of the people. ... He believed that without the educated supervision of the richer people, the American public were a dangerous thing, politically and socially. ... The American people would not have any say in the policies enforced by the government. ...

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German politicians had signed a document on November 11, 1918, which made Germany a republic, a form of Democracy. ... Even though Democracy is always changing, it still equals freedom in most cases. ... Democracy sees freedom as a process and the Nazis saw it as an achievement. ... However, many Americans are feeling that same frustration after the September 11th attack, that the German's felt during the Depression. Many people's frustration was resulting in hatred and discrimination toward those who were American citizens but yet came from a different background. ...

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Aristophanes portrays Socrates in The Clouds to defy Greek gods and democracy. ... Based on Aristophanes' conservative views he notices Socrates teaching as a threat to the democracy. Aristophanes uses plays to show how Socrates is teaching people to be against Greek religion, education, and democracy. ... The combination of traditional American values and structured education is a blueprint for model citizens. ... In order to protect true democracy, which does require brave people to stand up and defend it for threats which try to alter its existence and purity. ...

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Langston Hughes composed an essay entitled "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" in which he "described the mountain as "this urge within the race toward whiteness, the desire to pour racial individuality into the mold of American standardization, and be as little Negro and as much American as possible" (The Nation 692-694) Although Hughes did not have a longing to turn into a perfect "American", he did believe that African Americans should contribute to American Democracy. ... "Who is America? ... We are America! ... DEMOCRACY! ... (Selected Poems 297 lines 179-190) Langston Hug...

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Policies toward Latin America Throughout the years, Latin America has been a region of the world extremely important to United States foreign policy. ... Over the next few years, I believe that America needs to make several issues a priority towards Latin America. ... All of the democracies in this area can not continue to fall further behind economically. ... He may claim democracy, but the evidence is showing that he is certainly not that. ... Overall, Latin America is a very important partner to the United States. ...

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America and the Great War Why did Wilson take America into the Great War? ... One of the main arguments used is that America was acting "to make the world safe for democracy" (Hugh Brogan). ... Some American citizens felt that they should defend democracy and some people formed groups, such as the National Security League. ... It was at this point Wilson realised that even if America did come to the war then America had to be better prepared. ... Wilson believed he was going into an ideological war to "make the world safe for democracy" (freedom and liberty) and to help reshape peace. ...

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In the United States we have what we call a representative democracy. ... How stable is our democracy and exactly how much do people participate in our republic? ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Voter turnout is hurting tremendously with the youth of America. ... This concept is the meaning of our republic, a democracy in which our country stands for. ...

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In the United States we have what we call a representative democracy. ... How stable is our democracy and exactly how much do people participate in our republic? ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Voter turnout is hurting tremendously with the youth of America. ... This concept is the meaning of our republic, a democracy in which our country stands for. ...

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For many Americans the shocking images didn't end there. ... At an early age, Americans are taught that everyone wants to be American and that the "American Dream" is the only way to live a full and happy life. ... Some say that certain Muslim groups hate our democracy and the freedoms our government allow us. ... So it's the position of the United States as a super military power, not as a democracy, I think, that is at the basis of these people's anger." ... Hatred toward Americans among the Muslim community stems from two main areas, bad U.S. foreign policy and jealousy to...

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In America, children cannot expect to live at a higher standard than their parents. ... So anarchists support diverse forms of democracy. ... Democracy is about putting numbers on a piece of paper every four years. ... The sad thing is that most of the working class does believe America is being run in our interests. So, no, I don't think anarchy will ever come to be in America. ...

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Thoreau was against slavery and the Mexican-American War. ... In Thoreau's mind, the American people would be better off without the government. ... Since the government does not care about each and every individual, it is not a true democracy. If it is not a true democracy, then injustice still persists. ... The American government is a majoritarian democracy. ...

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Walt Whitman was and still is a very influential poet and one of the most famous writers of poetry in American Literature. ... Whitman's poetry, as unconventional as it may be, represented his democratic ideals of how he sees America. ... "Children of Adam" This is just one poem that helped make Whitman America's Poet. ... Democracy is another prevalent theme in "Song of Myself". ... Many individuals make up the particular democracy. ...

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Peacekeepers help to spread democracy. ... Former Defense Secretary Perry said "Democracy is learned behavior. ... Peacekeeping helps spread democracy. ... If the U.S. only intervenes when there is a clear threat to American security, humanitarian issues, American political interests abroad are not represented and the spread of democracy is impeded. ... To represent the American people, and spread democracy to other countries who don't have the privilege to live a free life peacekeeping is must. ...

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Many foreigners came and thousands of Americans took up homesteads in the west. ... Again, many Americans crossed the border and made a home for themselves because of the lowered land price. ... Democracy is never a finished product because it is always evolving. But a democracy cannot be the permanent form of government. ... But a democracy can influence people to have too much power by granting them the all rights that we have today. ...

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America contestants for years, and most recently President George Bush. ... Americans take an event like those on September 11th, and unify. ... "Democracy isn't (really) a beloved republic, and it never will be."" ... For democracy to work properly no one can be disenfranchised. ... People today in modern America are spoiled by democracy and often ignorant of its flaws. ...

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Now with Imperialist America expanding onto Third World countries we find ourselves in perhaps a third American genocide. ... Perhaps it's because democracy is in danger in the United States. ... What is democracy? ... In a true democracy the people have more say than just voting for their leaders. ... There are certain institutions that have the means to fight the illegitimate authority of democracy in America. ...

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The war with Iraq was instigated by the attacks on America on Sept 11th. The attacks on America caused a fear of terrorism that had to be dealt with. ... President Bush had said that one of the main reasons for this war was to spread Democracy and bring peace into Iraq. ... The United States has tried to use Iraq to inspire the spread of Democracy throughout the Islamic world. It was our hope to use Iraq as a stepping stone for other third world countries to convert to Democracy. ...

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Introduction: The United States of America is located in North America between Mexico and Canada. ... The America way of life and their type of government is a democracy. The United States of America is known as "The Land of the Free-. ... America has an abundance of commercial banks throughout their cities. ... NAFTA stands for the North America Free Trade Agreement. ...

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"A democracy is a government by the people. ... The following two forms of democracy will be discussed in this paper, the Parliamentary system in Canada and the Presidential system in the United States of America (USA). ... The Constitution in Canada is based on the British North America Act (BNA), 1867 which was renamed in 1982 to the Constitution Act of 1867. ... When the American people vote on Election Day they are voting for a group of persons called Electors. ... The American presidential...

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Social evolution and revolution, these two actions created a change in the American family after the War for Independence. This evolution in the American family was already in progress. ... It is easy to see that there is a need for neighbors that began before the American Revolution , continuing through it and remaining after the war ended. ... Looking at the late 17th century and into the middle of the 18th century in America, more self-reliance shows throughout the colonies. ... America was not yet ready to give women the political power that they deserved. ...

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Spain's modern history has been a dark cloud in most American students minds. ... "For Whom the Bells Tolls" is about one of the Americans who fought for the Republic and this novel is where I learned that Americans were fighting for the Republic of Spain. Almost 3,000 American volunteers fought for the Spanish Republic during the war. Why did the United States ignore the fact that a fascist uprising was threatening democracy in Spain? Why did American citizens have to take up arms to defend the Republic that their country would not? ...

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It rallied American support behind the government and for the entrance of American troops into the war. ... The Vietnam War had very little support on the home front from the American public. ... It was just 50 years ago that democracy won over fascism but not by just force. The words, ideas and modern mass media were just as important to the leaders of democracy in changing the fascist tide. Through the persuasiveness of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, along with the media's assistance, the United States became the force of democracy. ...

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