He states that it was clear to minorities that the Democratic Party was more supportive of civil rights versus Republicans due to their lack of voting support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ... After the civil rights era, President Nixon was known as introducing a "Southern strategy" to win the 1968 presidential election. Shields and Hillygus (2008) defines the term "Southern strategy" as a strategy aimed towards winning the Southern Caucasian vote costing 90% of the Southern ethnic vote. ... This strategy would eventually lead to its utilization by Presid...

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Upon reading the two policy documents, A National Foreign Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement by the Clinton administration, and The National Foreign Strategy of the United States of America by the Bush administration, one may come to the conclusion that both documents address the same issues from the same perspective. ... We will act with others when we can, but alone when we must- (Preface, page ii). ... Moreover, the two documents, A National Foreign Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement and The National Foreign Strategy of the United States of America, convey the importance of the Un...

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Reagan accomplished lowering taxes this by pressuring congress to pass an act known as the Tax Reform Act of 1986. This act alone lowered the top income tax from 50% to 28%. ... This act eliminated fifteen levels of income taxes to only four, which created an average tax for four levels of income. The act also mandated that capital gains, a profit that results from a movement of a capital asset, for example stocks, bonds, or real estate, to the actual value of the asset, also be taxed at the equal rate as regular income. ... Along with his economic strategy, he wanted to restore the military t...

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Wade pitted his strength against the President on issues of military strategy and restoration of the seceded states.# In 1861, Wade was a member of a group of politicians that witnessed the Battle of Bull Run. ... He had supported the Legal Tender Act of 1862 and the National Banking Act of 1863, but he opposed Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch's plan to retire the greenbacks in circulation and pushed a compromise plan for resuming specie payment.# John Sherman was responsible for the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890. ... The act declared it illegal for any business to restrain tr...

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Through his "pump priming" strategy, FDR poured billions of federal dollars into the economy to spur its growth and stimulate employment and spending. ... It also created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to investigate illegal railroad practices and enforce government compliance, and the Hepburn Act o f 1906 gave the ICC more authority. ... Through the Emergency Banking Relief Bill, Economy Act, Beer- Wine Revenue Act, Agricultural Adjustment/ Farm Credit Acts, Federal Emergency relief Act, and the Federal Security/ Banking Acts, sound banks were created and farmers were granted real, ...

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In an attempt to avoid participating in the war, President Roosevelt supplied Britain with arms under Lend and Lease Act. This act allowed any American ally to trade arms and other military supplies with her. ... Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ...

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Bush also proposed an act, "Clear Skies". This is an act that will cut pollution; it makes a dramatic and steady decline in air faster, further, and a cheaper rate than do current clean air programs. ... The AFL-CIO and affiliated unions established the Industrial Union Council in May 2002 to revitalize manufacturing by building on the collective strength of industrial unions through joint strategies for creating and maintaining manufacturing jobs. ...

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As a President, Governor Dean would create a White House Office of Economic Growth that would work with governors and mayors to create vital regional growth strategies, and break through bureaucratic logjams to deliver results. ... Another goal Dean will work on, is to ensure that racial profiling ends and I will direct my Attorney General to use regulatory authority under existing anti-discrimination laws the 1964 Civil Rights Act to define racial profiling as discrimination, and to withhold federal funds from state and local law enforcement that violate those regulations. ... Our own fight ...

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Homeland Security On 11 September 2001 a deliberate and grave attack happened on US soil by a terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda. As a result of these attacks the need has arisen for a stronger network of central security. These attacks were one sorrowful event that has brought America in g...

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Reagan "used conservative rhetoric to keep his right-wing supporters happy, but he often acted in a pragmatic manner" (p. 75). ... Reagan understood that the Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse, and he "coordinated a comprehensive strategy to force it to surrender" (p. 153). ...

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The Neutrality Proclamation in 1793, an act in which the Washington administration declared that the United States would enter no war, compelled Jefferson and Madison to take action. ... This strategy gave Wilson control of the Democratic Party but it was unable "to strengthen the Democratic party organization or its commitment to progressive principles"(79). ...

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Meanwhile in New York, FDR implemented relief programs that foreshadowed his future strategy in fighting the Great Depression. ... Various acts were passed, such as the Emergency Banking Act, which gave the government the right to intervene in the ongoing banking crisis, re-affirming the publics" confidence in the banking system. ... Legislations such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act aided in the recovery of the economy. ...

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The most effective speakers have mastered the art of public speaking. An effective speaker is one who addresses groups of people in an organized, thoughtful way to enlighten, sway, or entertain their listeners. A person being successful is often associated with how well they communicate and how easi...

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