The United States enters such affairs not only to protect themselves and their well being but also to promote democracy, manifest destiny, humanitarianism, and to expand and protect the American economy. ... Democracy is the way in which our government runs. ... s general amiability for democracy and tyrannical suppression, they began to ally. ... Wilson stated that " the world must be safe for democracy''(Leckie,629). ... "The world must be made safe for democracy. ...

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In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." ... Massive American effort slowly tipped the balance in favor of the Allies. ... American opposition to the League of Nations resulted in the refusal of the U.S. ... After the events down in Agua Prieta, Villa was on a one course action, death to all Americans. ... Villa had begun to deliver his promise to the Americans. ...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. ... At first, the nationalists blamed the "mutilated victory" on President Wilson, but after a short time they turned on their own rulers and what they considered the weaknesses of parliamentary democracy. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ... Considering their circumstances, it is not surprising that they decided that a democracy could be more effective in fairly ruling a nation. ... America was no longer a truly British nation, so they decided to break away. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ...

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Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ... The combatants laid down their arms, Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American to win the award, and the US strengthened its position in Asia and the Pacific. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace....

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Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ... The combatants laid down their arms, Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American to win the award, and the US strengthened its position in Asia and the Pacific. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace....

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By 1912 times were good for most Americans. ... It also showed that America was powerful enough to compete without protection from the government. ... Convinced that freedom and democracy were universal aspirations, Wilson was determined that the United States would work to advance them. ... Wilson was not materialistic and assumed that American assistance would be welcomed, when he realized this was not true he tried to minimize American involvement. ... The Germans continued to sink ships with Americans on board. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The following year he entered World War I as a volunteer with American Red Cross ambulance unit as a driver. ... In the 1930's, he turned to writing for causes, including democracy as he knew it in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. ... Francis Macomber was a wealthy American on a safari with his beautiful, unloving wife, Margot. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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