The same day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination the Austrian government retaliated by declaring war on Serbia. ... Then, following its alliance with Russia, France declared war on Germany. ... But the United States kept a Neutral state and tried to keep trade up with both Britain and Germany, but by 1916 Britain had been able to cut off 99% of American trade with Germany. ... The American government campaigned to tell the public that entering the war was good. ... As German armies and control slowly dwindled, the war was coming to an end. ...

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The actions of the US Government with regard to the expulsion of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi during the 1830's and the actions of the Federal Government toward the Japanese-Americans in California during World War II hold many similarities and many differences. ... In the following, these two actions of the US Government will be discussed and analyzed. ... The "original inhabitants of our forests"" were "incapable of self-government."" ... Finally, many question why only the Japanese were relocated and not the Germans or the Italians. This was because people were able to se...

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President Wilson felt that America was not under attack from the German forces, so he therefore did not entitled to declare war on Germany. ... While in Belgium, Germany committed war crimes and atrocities. ... People were being killed and terrorised in the name of "government intervention.... But as a result of seemingly giving everything up, the Germans got a new form of government established. ... Both were entered in retaliation of attacks on American assets, also due to humanitarian reasons, and create a stable and democratic government in war torn regions. ...

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Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. ... To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did play a major role in the declaration of the Neutrality. ... Germany was one of the United States most important markets during the 1930's. American investments in Germany increased by forty percent between 1936 and 1940. ...

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American destroyers were also used to blockade Germany, which proved highly successful in cutting off supplies to the German home front. ... "Black Jack" Pershing, the AEF grew into an exceptional fighting force that swayed many battles against Germany. ... With the new federal agencies, the government intervened in American life as never before. For example when strikes threatened telephone and telegraph companies, the government simply seized the company and ran it. ... Through the economic preparations for the war, the partnership between the government and business grew extremely close. ...

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The policy stated that to win American recognition, they must not only exercise power but reflect "a just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or irregular force." ... The protests involved American goods and money and Germany's submarine policy threatened American's lives. ... Wilson's decision was ultimately changed when Germany began its plan for U-boats to sink on sight all ships. ... It divided up the German colonies in Asia and Africa. Instead of peace without victory, it made Germany accept responsibility for the war and demanded enormous reparations. ...

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He also recommended that they preserve China's territory and its government. ... The Arms race with Britain and Germany was causing tension between nations and something was bound to occur. ... Most Americans saw Germany as a dangerous monarchy and much of the propaganda didn't support them. ... President Roosevelt began increasing the size of the military and issuing direct warnings to Germany. Germans responded by temporally ceasing submarine warfare until 1917 when German Ambassador Berstorff announced the continuation of submarine warfare ending any diplomatic relationship w...

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(Zinn, 362) However, as soon as Germany threatened to sink any American ships bringing war supplies to its foes, Wilson used that as an excuse to go to war. ... There were many German immigrants living in the U.S. at this time, which meant a lack of support from this group. Basically, the only ones who were profiting from the war were the businessmen and the government. ... (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." ... In WWI, the public fought for something only the government and industrialists would profit from. ...

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As president, Roosevelt put the United States in the middle of Germany and Venezuela to block Germany from collecting a debt that Venezuela owed German Banks. ... When Roosevelt original came to the government of Panama, which was owned by Colombia. ...

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We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. ... However, many are also asking Americans and their government to act and react with reason. ... China has reiterated its stance in support of fighting terrorism, but the leaders of the Chinese government are not so sure about Mr Bush's plans. The Chinese government wants him (whoever it is) and justice as much as George W. ...

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Also, the expansion of the federal government's powers, competition and economic distribution of wealth, and the social welfare of American citizens concerned many leaders during this time. ... Not only did the two leaders bring about new heights for government regulation, but they also set the standards for political intervention. ... Roosevelt brought new meaning to government regulation. In the Anti-Trust policy of 1902 Roosevelt pledged government intervention to break up illegal monopolies and regulate corporations for the public good. ... With disappointing results, Germany and ot...

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Many years later in 1914, Germany declared war on France, and the American Consul General asked Hoover to help in brining trapped tourists to safety. ... In 1931 depression had escalated and so did unemployment, even though President Hoover developed and proposed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid business, additional help for farmers facing mortgage foreclosures, banking reform, a loan to states for feeding the unemployed, expansion of public works, and drastic governmental economy. ...

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Throughout the early 20th century government, officials and reform workers were rewarded with small successes. ... This is because Wilson empathized with Germans, and she, like many other reformers and women, wanted the right to vote. ... Reformers who advocated change were faced with many limitations including race and lack of help from the federal government. ... Dagenhart case, the Supreme Court overturned the federal government's right to promote child labor laws, stating it was a state/local responsibility. ... From the 1900s to 1920s America's economy progressed, but social jus...

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The reasons why we should not have invaded Iraq are because there is no proof involving the Iraqi government with the Al Qaeda terrorists, we had no proof of Iraqi government having nuclear weapons, and other countries in the U.N. had major disagreements on the invasion. ... The first reason why we should not have invaded Iraq is because there is no proof involving the Iraqi government with the Al Qaeda terrorists. ... Until this day, we have no legitimate proof of Iraqi's government processing illegal weaponry. ... Most of the big countries in the United Nations such as Russia, Franc...

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In the Declaration of Independence, which was the original layout for American government and law, all citizens of the United States have the unalienable right to property, and that was one of the many things taken away from Japanese Americans in Executive Order 9066. ... Although America did not kill the Japanese Americans, they still violated their rights just like Germany did. ... The US government gave a citizen award to Fred Korematsu and had to repay all of those still living citizens that were imprisoned. ...

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Hitler and the Nazis believed that German people were supreme to all other people in the world. Therefore, they thought that Germans should be the sole nation left on the face of the earth. ... It has to demonstrate that it can wipe anyone's ass, even the UN's (which was initially intended to be an organization places above the governments of the world). ...

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Before the war taxes were raised and because of it many teachers and other government workers will be fired because our country needs a lot of money now. Also after crash of the spaceship in Texas government decided not to send any spaceships in the galaxy for couple of years. ... Hussein kept very dangerous weapons and also made chemical weapons that are totally banned by every government. ... After several months of worthless talks American troops invaded into Iraq without any help from Russia, France and Germany, only with United Kingdom forces on its side. ...

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Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. Finally, the government finished their investigations, revealing no signs of wrongdoing. ... On his sixty-first birthday, V-E Day, Germany surrendered. ... In June 1950, when the Communist government of North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman conferred promptly with his military advisers. ...

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However this rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by the combined armed forces of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and the U.S.A. ... A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. ...

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Woodrow decided that he wanted to teach so he became a professor at Bryn Mawr collage and taught government classes from 1885 to 1888. ... He won, durring all of world war one Woodrow had tried to keep the United States out of the war but in 1915 a German submarine sank a British ship and killed many of the British and some Americans. ...

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International Relations C-Block The present world is currently made up of two types of states, or two sub worlds, the developed and underdeveloped. The developed world is connected, stable, and for the most part capitalistic in nature. In contrast the underdeveloped world is stricken with w...

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