It formed modern government in many countries, made drastic legislative changes, and even spurred a major war for many countries. ... The German government ordered the workers to strike as a form of passive resistance. To compensate these workers the German government printed huge amounts of new money. ... German currency rapidly lost value. ... They lacked mass support and had no chance against the military force of the government. ...

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This, however, was not enough to cool down the German. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... In Europe, Germans were trampling on every place they stepped. In 1945, the Soviet Union halted German triumph. ...

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Since Poland was a very large country and situated between Germany and Russia. ... Another matter of great importance and Crimea was the reparations to be received from Germany. ... While little more than a statement of an intent to consult about he achievement of a democratic government in "liberated" Europe, is at least kept the door open for discussions to this end. ... The Teheran suggestion was the Germany be divided into five parts. ... Any person with higher education (than high school) that did not "seem" to agree with the concepts of communism (let alone talk or write against the gove...

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Since so many people were still in favor of this boycott, Brundage took a trip to Germany in order to ensure German Jews would be allowed to try out for the Olympics. ... Louis setting sail towards Cuba from Germany. ... In response to this, many government officials worldwide tried to choose another location for these Jews including Hitler himself. ... For the first time I began to question our government's policies. ... This blue print launched the plans for postwar Germany. ...

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In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress and asked it to lift the embargo on the sale of weapons, a provision that primarily hurt the European countries opposed to Hitler and Germany, known as the Allies. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the...

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Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies needed to be stopped. ... To try to understand this, one must look both at the people and government's point of view. ... After all do not forget that the American government is there "for the people and by the people" and therefore the people's view did play a major role in this declaration of Neutrality. ... Germany was one of the United States' "most important markets" during the 1930's. ... At last America had to go to war and eventually bring an end to the rule of Nazi Germany. ...

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By 1929, Churchill and the conservative party were defeated and he was out of government. ... Hitler silently began poisoning the minds of Germans in bringing in his near communist rule. The Germans were so quick to believe in him though, he had brought them out of debt and economic rubble that Germany had been in since their defeat in World War I. By 1938, Hitler was controlling Germany's neighboring countries, including Norway and Austria. ... Then came the invasion of France, a much weaker nation than Germany, which broke the Treaty of Versailles signed by Germany after their defeat in...

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This policy was enacted when a German U-boat attacked the U.S. ... When this news reached Roosevelt, he told the country over his fireside chats that a shoot-on-policy would be declared due to this attack created by the Germans. ... The American people can have no further illusions about it The sole responsibility rests upon Germany. There will be no shooting unless Germany continues to seek it." ... It was intelligent since it made it unlawful for any person to advocate the overthrowing of government or destroying them. ...

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They insisted that Albert Einstein inform President Roosevelt about the possibility of the Germans making an atomic bomb. In late 1939, President Roosevelt ordered an American effort to make an atomic bomb before Germany. ... On May 7, 1945 Germany surrendered. ... The citizens of Nagasaki were very surprised because the Japanese government tried to minimize knowledge of the extent of damage to Hiroshima. The Japanese government told the people of Japan that it was a "special-type bomb." ...

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In August 1939, German American physicist Albert Einstein sent a letter to U.S. president Franklin D. ... The U.S. government established the top secret Manhattan Project in 1942 to develop an atomic device. ... In fact, the Germans had a head start because two Germans discovered the underlying scientific fact, the fission of uranium. ... In August 1939, German American physicist Albert Einstein sent a letter to U.S. president Franklin D. ... The U.S. government established the top secret Manhattan Project in 1942 to develop an atomic device. ...

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The government they had put their faith in had let them down and they were crushed. ... The way to restore confidence in the businessmen was by deficit spending by the government, and that was done by the US government placing orders with private businesses and guarantying their profits. ... In the Summer of 1939, Germany attacked its neighbors without warning and triggered of the greatest war in the history of mankind. Soon Britain and the Soviet Union got engaged against the combined forces of Germany, Italy and Japan. ... Primarily, he knew that Germany and Japan were real threats and they ...

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In this paper I intend to prove that the actions of the U.S. government provoked and did not stop the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... On December 9th Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. ... FDR knew that the Japanese and Germans were lying to us. ... Our government was looking for a way into the war that didn't anger the American people. ... Yet, President Roosevelt and the U.S. government did nothing until one hour after the attack and telegram was received stating possible attack is evident. ...

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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was a total surprise to the United States Military Forces, and to the United States government. ... (Prange, 80) When Japan signed an agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States increased its forces in the Pacific to keep Japan in check. When Japan signed the pact with Germany and Italy it was given control of Greater East Asia.... ("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... One day after congress had declared war on Japan...

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Although Joseph Kennedy never held elective office, he held appointed positions in the federal government during the New Deal of President Franklin D. ... Kennedy sought with significant success to attract brilliant young people to government service. ... Sorensen wrote many of Kennedy's speeches and exerted a strong influence on Kennedy's development as a political liberal, a person who believes that the government should directly help people to overcome poverty or social discrimination. ... Kennedy particularly wanted to end discrimination in federally financed projects or in com...

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On May 8th, Germany surrendered to the Allied forces less than a month after Truman took office. ... There was a 39% death rate of Prisoners of War in Japan compared to 1% in Germany. ... On August 10, 1945, the Japanese government offered to accept the terms of the Postdam Declaration as long as it did not comprise any demand, which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler. ...

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Hoover did not like the government to take too much control of business. ... In 1931 he declared a one-year pause on war debts so foreign governments could miss one instalment of their debts to the USA to encourage them to import more American goods. ... With his act if farmers reduced their output the government would pay compensation. ... The Social Security Act brought in the pension and unemployment insurance policies to be funded by both state and federal government, employers and workers. ... USA's social welfare policies were quite far behind Germanys and Britains. ...

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In 1940 Japan signed the Axis Alliance with Germany and occupied all of Indochina the next year. ... Japanese government saw this move as a threat to Japan's survival because Japan doesn't have many natural resources. ... Some people think that Japanese American Internment Camps came about because the government was motivated by racial prejudice because of the attack, and I think that could be a big reason. ...

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For too many years, government officials had sat on their hands and tried to let the crisis solve itself. Now the New Deal was here and it shook up things, and put back the Americans trust in the government. It seems to me that by believing the government would turn things back around, the American people became more confident of the future and they were no longer afraid to go out and spend money once again. ... An idea rather reminiscent of an idea created at the same time by Hitler in Nazi-Germany, but with very different objectives. ... A vast amount of the salary was sent back to their fam...

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As the U.S. emerged from the Great Depression two years later, Japan invaded China and Hitler's Nazi Germany took much of Europe. ... "In the turbulent decade and a half that followed, Civil Rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change as the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives" (History). ... The act transformed American society by prohibiting discrimination in public facilities, in government, and in employment. ...

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The concept of human rights refers to the treatment of each individual life and the rights given to every individual agreed to by society, and the government such as the right to life, the right to freedom of opportunity, right to freedom of speech etc. ... It was in the period between the two world wars that the concept of social rights was adopted and the idea that government involvement was a necessity for human rights to be truly protected. ... As Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "(1) - Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country...

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Justice Black held that "Hardships are part of war.Compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from their homes, except under circumstances of direst emergency and peril, is inconsistent with our basic governmental institutions. ... Justice Owen Roberts wrote in his dissent that this "is the case of convicting a citizen as a punishment for not submitting to imprisonment in a concentration camp, based on his ancestry, and solely because of his ancestry, without evidence or inquiry concerning his loyalty and good disposition towards the United States"11 Justice Robert Jackson...

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of the most influential presidents this country had ever had. His power and leadership led the country through many changes that the United States have seen during his presidency. He was then shot dead in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. On that day, the country...

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The New Deal was over, but it had permanently expanded the role of the federal government, particularly in economic regulation, resource development, and income maintenance4. ... Louis's first loss came in 1936, to the former world champion, the German boxer Max Schmeling. ...

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He worked semi-officially, through the US Embassy in Cuba patrolling the seas searching for German submarines on his own boat the Pilar. ... It was looking as if circumstances would conspire to give FDR a carte blanche in government. ...

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