Offensive modernization in Japan was increased in 1868 as part of the Meiji Restoration. ... The most important step and process of the Meiji government was the process of sending their own ministers overseas to see the awesome power of change. By 1876, the Japanese eradicated the samurai class as well as the luxuries associated with it. ... The creation of a conscription based army led to Japan's new opposing force that led it to be one of the quickest growing superpowers. ... So with Russia's capability to imitate the west it developed ideas in technology and government that le...

• Word Count: 784
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The American government compensated only the immediate families of Japanese Americans who served in internment camps during World War II with money and recognition of suffering. ... In order to pay back African American descendants of slaves, the government would have to shell out between 1.6 and 777 trillion dollars to satisfy those in favor of slavery reparations. ... During the same time period, the United States was faced with compensating the immediate families of the 120,000 Japanese Americans that were put in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... If the government does...

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"We expect the markets to reflect the true value of currency - the way that currencies ought to be valued is based upon economic activity, a fiscal policy, monetary policy of the respective governments, the potential for growth, and the potential for long-term viability of economies that's how our respective currencies ought to be valued- (President Bush) Over the past two years the value of the American dollar relative to other currencies, such as the Japanese Yen and the Euro, has declined dramatically. ... "The American economy and profits sprinting ahead, while keeping the Euro ar...

• Word Count: 1225
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Another great aggression of weaker states was that of Germany, Italy and Japan, which led to the Second World War. ... Superpowers usually impose themselves on the citizens of the weaker country in such a way that they control everything from the government structure to the different policies so that they can gain to benefit from these things. ...

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" This essay shall evaluate how significant the American government perceived the Korean War to be to global security by analysing key documents from the early war period such as daily summaries in addition to key speeches and NSC 68 and 48/2.Also, differing historians interpretations shall be included to create a coherent and all inclusive answer to the significance of the conflict in the U.S. ... " Furthermore, by acting in Korea this would be the first steps to establishing the critically important network of allied states (such as Japan and South Korea) that would sit alongsid...

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For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." ... Did the answer lie in their opposition with the agenda of Alexander Hamilton and the increases of power both to the executive branch as well as t...

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What was different then to motivate laborers, government and bureaucracy to work together with such limited time, money, and resources as were available in the 1930's? Was it a result of the New Deal that redirected the focus of Americans back to the federal government, instead of self-preservation, expecting it to support the nation's welfare? ... Never before or since has our government so extensively sponsored the arts. ... Thus, rebuilding the economies of post-war Europe and Japan would guarantee American prosperity by providing an outlet for the nation's goods. ... I...

• Word Count: 1498
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Such instability left countries such as the Philippines going through a cycle of instability where new governments would be established with little to no knowledge of how to govern the country. When the Philippines were finally granted their freedom they were able to establish a relatively sound government only because of the years that were spent under improper American rule. ... Had America spent its years in both countries setting the foundations of democracy and freedom, than both the Philippines and Cuba would have been able to have a smooth transition into an independent American type go...

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They are police governments- police state governments" Such claims may be true, but the United States should have respected the diversity of politics. ... Through the use of the Atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan; it provided a definite proof of what America was capable of. ... Much of this technology was retained through the use of western spies located with the government. ... This Revolutionary government caused great concern among the American government, because they had 60 years of investment and trade. The Cuban government was now beginning to question the American industries in Cuba ...

• Word Count: 1988
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This lead to such foreign policies as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentleman's Agreement, which forbade Chinese and Japanese workers from coming to America. ... In fact, the railroad industry had grown so large so quickly, that it's financial details soon surpassed the amounts of those of the national government. In 1890, when the government's income was a mere $403 million, the railroad took in a whopping $1 billion in. ...

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The government, social scientists, and other politicians and professionals have studied these tragic incidents to search for the possible correlation between the availability of guns and gun violence. ... REBUTTAL While opponents argue that limiting gun usage and ownership, background checks, and waiting period for gun sales will not reduce gun related violence, giant nations like Japan, Australia and Great Britain have lesser gun-related violence because they have stricter gun control laws. ... Other great nations such as Australia, Japan, and Great Britain have realized a success in reducing...

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Even in Britain, Japanese car and electronic firms are attracted here by our government. ... A virtual world that has no boundaries between countries, where even language barriers are diffused and where governments may strive for censorship but find it impossible to achieve. ...

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Criminal organizations have flourished in other countries as well such as the Yukuza of Japan, the Chinese Triad societies, the cocaine cartels of Colombia, and the brutal Russian Mafia. ... Bootleggers smuggled in liquor from over seas and Canada, stole it from the government warehouses, and produced their own. ...

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His murderous regime has denied the Iraqi people a democratic government, and crushed those who fought to get one. ... Ever since the dropping of the two atomic bombs by the United States of America on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on the other side of the world in 1945, no country in the world is now "safe" from these weapons. ... Some question what gives the west, in particular America, the right to "police" the rest of the world and to attempt to control governments in other far-off countries. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Farm owners across the nation adopted similar workforces, and although not all of their workers were African-American slaves, these owners began employing the closest thing to slaves with "low-paid seasonal agricultural workers from China, the Philippines, and Japan" (Newman 12). ...

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