Reconstruction Our history has been a bitter one dominated by colonialism, racism, apartheid, sexism and repressive labor policies. ... [Under Johnson's Reconstruction policy, as white Southern states re-established their governments, which in DuBois words, "looked backwards" toward slavery.] ... In five others, they were more than one-third, and in every one of the old slave states, they were enough, when united with the loyal whites, to control the State. This feeds into the theory that if African-Americans were not disenfranchised, they would have gained control of the South. ... De...

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Emerging Conflicts in the Doctrine of Federalism: The Intergovernmental Predicament University Press of America Lantham, Maryland 1984 The theme of Smith's books to the linkages between intergovernmental policies and regional development upon policy actions among the states. ... The book specifically delves into how the Reagan administrations new federalism played out in intergovernmental relations by ending programs and seeking control of some agencies. ... The role of African-Americans in presidential policy making is also discussed. ...

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Imperialism, as defined by the American Heritage ® Dictionary, is the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. ... In fear that they would lose control over the south, Southern conservatives started to promote white supremacy along with the radicals, and in a way depicted the populist party to be a party which is trying to get blacks to dominate or take control. ...

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Law is a system of rules used to govern a society and control the behaviors of its members. In this case, Martin Luther King is charged for breaking a law. King questions the differences between just and unjust laws to justify his actions in Birmingham and the charges of breaking laws willingly. In ...

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They challenged the racial discrimination policy of the Woolworth store by sitting at the lunch counter and organizing a boycott of the store. ... Other control measures limited the number of African Americans that could come to these stores were decided upon. Harris contacted the Citizens Association of Greensboro and other groups that participated in the integration of these stores and told them that he did not care if the situation was controlled or not because he did not want to be bothered anymore. ...

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Congress now had to decide on how they were going to address such topics as; Black equality, rebuilding of the South, admission of southern state to the Union, and deciding who would control the government. ... First, the Southern Democrats, a party made up of former Confederate leaders and other members of the aristocracy, strived to end the perceived control of the North over the South. ... Second, Moderate Republicans wanted to obtain a policy of reconciliation between the South and the North, but also insure that slavery would not be reinstated. ...

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From the late 1800's until after the turn of the 20th century, a Belgian ruler known only as King Leopold II had control and ownership over the Congo. ... Leopold knew how to control and manipulate people in powerful political positions, and hastily used this maneuvering as a way to cause very little investigation. ... Like the hostage-taking, the severing of hands was deliberate policy, as even high officials would later admit. ...

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" This new policy stipulated that if at least 5 percent of a county did not speak English and less than 50 percent of eligible citizens registered to vote in the previous election did not then the county was required to print bilingual ballots" (McClain and Tauber 144). ... To conclude, race is a socially constructed idea used to control and categorize minority groups. ...

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The North eventually grew tired of imposing Reconstruction by force, and by 1877 white southerners had regained control of all their state governments, thus backfiring on the whole goal of the Reconstruction causing inevitable failure. ... Hayes's removal of federal troops from the South in 1877 permitted many former Confederates and slave owners to reclaim power, and this return of power to whites also meant a return to the policy of the old South. ...

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