You have heard of imperialist countries like England, France and Japan, but have you ever looked at what imperialism really is? ... In the history of the United States of America an imperialistic attitude can be seen through such things as the Monroe Doctrine, in 1823, which declared that the Latin American Countries are in the United States "Sphere of Influence." ... The American culture and beliefs have been taking over other countries own cultures and their beliefs. This results in the loss of national identity and symbols for favor of American Identities and symbols. ... The targets we...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The arms race between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (the Cold War), nearly lead to World War III. ... The nuclear bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan was a 12.5-kiloton atomic bomb, "an explosive blast equal to 12,500 tons of conventional high explosives (such as TNT) and caused high pressure waves, flying debris, extreme heat, and radioactive fallout." Examples of chemical weapons would include the nerve agent Sarin that was deployed by a religious cult in Japan in 1995 to kill and injure the general public, and mustard gas that was used durin...

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Europe is an ally; so is Japan. ... In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interventions; (c) To repel from her borders any threatening or hostile military presence, be it Russian, Japanese, America or any of her power; and (d) To regain for China the status of a world power commensurate with the greatness o...

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Federalism The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... As opposed to unitary systems that work well in even homogenous societies (France, Great Britain, Japan); heterogeneous societies require governments that are more flexible and thus, responsive in dealing with the people. ...

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The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... As opposed to unitary systems that work well in even homogenous societies (France, Great Britain, Japan); heterogeneous societies require governments that are more flexible and thus, responsive in dealing with the people. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States of America the intense and controversial view of "equality" has been a hot topic. ... As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights are a very intricate part of our existence. ... This area includes: China, Japan, Korea, Philippine Islands, and Samoa. Black (not of Hispanic Origin), Hispanic such as Mexican, Cuban..., American Indian: people of North America. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate