On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ... After the Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build an enduring peace. ... It forced on Germany the burden of reperations and placed limits on German armed forces. ... After all, the Germans were taking a greater toll on the merchant ships in the Atlantic. ... At this battle, the British were on the offensive against the Germans. ...

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After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. ... The Soviet government began to reduce its forces in Europe, and in 1989 pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan. That same year many communist nations in Eastern Europe began to fall and the Berlin wall that divided East and West Germany was torn down. In 1990 Germany returned to being a u...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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The company, which also had large interests in Cuba and Colombia, came to exert great influence upon the policies of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. ... But in 1889 the Germans, who also had economic interests in the islands, sought to undo this agreement by overthrowing the Samoan government. The matter was temporarily settled in that same year when Britain, Germany, and the United States established a joint "protectorate" over Samoa. Ten years later a new agreement gave Pago Pago to the United States and the rest of Samoa to Germany. ....

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The house argued in order to prevent the El Salvadoran government from falling back into a Marxist regime, the United States needed to support the newly elected government with a significant figure of money. ... In exchange for a guilty plea and cooperation with the government's investigation of the case Mr. ...

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The second standard was identified in the article because the Colombians called out the Islamic State and even looked for public support to offer the Iraqi government. In the article, the Colombian government was looking to offer aid to refugees in military camps located in the most troublesome areas. ... He knew the government has the capabilities of keeping the general population misinformed and oblivious to the political situation. ...

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Chief of State > as the text states, the framers combined the ceremonial head of the nation with the chief executive of government. In European countries this is always divided > in England the Queen is the ceremonial head of Britain (the Chief of State), but the Prime Minister is the chief executive of British government. In Germany, the President of Germany (Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran priest) that is the ceremonial head of Germany, but again the Chancellor [Angela Merkel] is the chief executive of German government. ... Government. ... Executive Orders have part of our government e...

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At the time of the Great Depression, government intervention in the economy was higher than it had ever been and a special government agency had been set up specifically to prevent depressions and their associated problems, such as bank panics. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this alliance began to dissolve in 1944-1945, when the Russian leader Joseph Stalin, seeking Soviet security, used the Red Army to control much of Eastern Europe. ...

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Booth had been planning for a while to exterminate Lincoln and some other government officials, and was now more than pleased at this fantastic chance to carry out his plan. ... Abraham Lincoln sat next to his wife and behind some important government officials. ... William Peterson, a German tailor. ... Soon after the murder the Government found out that Booth and his partner in crime, David Herold, had escaped into Lower Maryland. ...

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U.S. History Interview Jason Paris 1. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis on your community or family? " On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. Rucker at the time." No people were really afraid. "The media would make it out to be more than it really was. The military knew...

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Great Britain, France and Germany were all decimated either financially and/or physically, leaving only the United States and Russia to duel out for total supremacy. ... This was a huge problem for the anti-communist government of the United States. ...

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