Also known as "pet banks," Jackson hand selected twenty-three banks to receive the funds from the federal bank. ... In Europe, the feudal system still lingered around its social structure, and it was shocking to view the differences displayed in America. ... Yet, with possible help from the influence of Native American culture, the United States had created a society with radically equal economic and political settings for each man from that of Europe. Jacksonian Democrats further gave economic opportunity to the individual in the case of Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge. ...

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Besides being considered a fundamental right, independent journalism gives citizens two benefits: it allows them to know the truth from different dimensions and prepares them to be more open-minded. ... Journalists around the world observe, interview and collect information from all kinds of sources. ... Furthermore, in a society with independent journalism, people are more accustomed to receiving different points of view, and at the same time they are training their critical thinking skills. ... From one side, reporters communicate to the public about what is happening in the world; on the ...

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He argues that the two-party system has been the bridge between the separated institutions of constitutional government that has allowed the branches of government to cooperate sufficiently to perform its necessary task and responsibilities. ... Although a stronger efficient and more responsible national government required the freedom from the "constrictive grip of localized democracy" (7) it had the effect of alienating the public from politics by weakening the party system that citizens depended on as their effective agent in democratic participation. ... He feared that Hamilton's view...

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Garraty compares the response to the Depression between the industrial nations most profoundly affected by the crisis: the United States and Germany from 1933 to 1937. He views the two Western industrial societies as fundamentally different. ... This was accomplished by building roads, schools, bridges, dams, and public buildings. ... One American poster of a sledgehammer bore the slogan "Work to Keep Free," which is taken directly from the sign that greeted prisoners at Auschwitz "Arbeit Macht Frei" German for "work makes you free". ...

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But the account of Adrian Nastase's Government should be viewed in the light of dif-ferent considerations: Thus, the Romanian foreign policy has produced some positive results, as for instance the lifting of the visa requirement for Romanians traveling to the European Union since January 1, 2002, the invitation received last year in Prague to join the Nato and the visit of the US president George W. ... The results of the domestic policy on the other hand need to be tackled from a more skeptical perspective. ... Viewed against this background, it is not at all surprising that inward in...

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