Like politics, economics, sectionalism, and the constitution, and that slavery was just the match that set the Civil War off. ... The government had no way to raise money and no way to raise or collect taxes. ... The delegates had to decide; how big the government should be, what type of government, what powers it should be given, and what powers it should not have. ... They also agreed that the National Government should be stronger than before. ... The abolitionists thought that slavery was wrong and that the government should abolish slavery completely. ...

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The government put in place legislation, not only against the Wobblies, but also against Socialists and Communists, due to the fact that the government did not distinguish one of its enemies from another. ... In 1917, the US government made a law which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to arrest or deport any alien "advocating or teaching" destruction of property or the "overthrow of government by force." Words such as "advocating" and the vague language used in the law allowed the government to use deportation as a cure for the anti-government views of its enemies, namely the Wobblies, C...

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The nation became very resentful of the US government and patriotism was rapidly diminishing within the United States. ... The media and the government were sending mixed messages to the American people, creating confusion and loss of confidence in the Vietnam conflict. ... The media's inaccurate portrayal of Tet terminated the public's trust in the US government. ... Americans now commonly believe that the war in Vietnam fueled the anti-government and anti-war movements that shocked American society and ultimately led to the United State's failure in Vietnam. ... American resen...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... Because of a complex set of individual motives, both domestic and international, each of the participants had a serious interest in arriving at some workable settlement... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to decide what the permanent government would be. ... The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. ...

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After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... As former American President Eisenhower said, "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly" (Nalty 314). ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be. ... The growing anti-war movement ala...

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The Chinese had no sympathy for the French and when they withdrew, they left Ho's government in place. ... Then came Vinh Yen, a "set-piece" battle fought along conventional lines that resulted in a decisive French victory. This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary warfare and gave the French a false sense of security that the Viet Minh could never match them in a "set-piece" battle. ... In the North the Viet Minh were again overrunning forts and the French continuing to try to draw them into "set-piece" battles. ... In the south, emperor Bao Dai who, after c...

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However, this deal was not endorsed by the Americans.3 The two sides quarreled over this issue for some time, with Roosevelt showing no signs of openly committing himself to accepting Soviet territorial claims.4 Stalin, who was growing impatient, began to act unilaterally to enforce his viewpoint.5 He broke off all relations with the Polish government, which had been in exile in London.6 Following this, the Soviet leader recognized the Lublin committee, a Soviet puppet government, as the official provisional government of Poland.7 Though Stalin was unquestionably out of line in his actions, o...

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Major issues aside from the war were written about including; a growing disillusionment of government ideology, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women's movement, and a heightened concern for the environment. ... The artists don't set themselves apart as individuals anymore. ...

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Nixon wanted to show the American public that he was in full support of South Vietnam and President Thieu by reiterating President Kennedy's words "... we want to see a stable government there, carrying on a struggle to maintain its national independence." ... The soldiers did not know the order that the government was using to pick which platoons would go home. ... The Cambodian government was trying to stay as neutral as possible between the United States and North Vietnam. ... In effect, the North Vietnamese armed Cambodian rebels known as the Khmer Rouge to fight against the governme...

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They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. ... The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. ... Now with all these views the North set out on its quest for the complete abolition of slavery (Dean). ...

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The Marshall Plan, which is what Truman is referring to in the above quote, was the catalyst, which set the stage for over 45 years of "cold" war. The plan was to give $400 million U.S. dollars in aid to Turkey and Greece with which to set up respective governments. ... American analysts had hoped that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against the Guatemalan government. When the citizens of Guatemala failed to revolt against their own government the CIA decided to take a more active role in the plot to overthrow Arbenz. ... Afghanistan The afghan war, which was from 1978-92, was ...

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A more direct method of gaining allies was the Truman Doctrine of 1946 which was used to justify support for any nation that the United States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2 It was the beginning of American policy for the cold war. ... Continued Russian attempts to align more countries on its side made the United States (primarily) set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. ... The American government after the war, realized it was in a very profitable position, with many of the smaller countries having to choose whether to side ...

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The youth movement was characterized by young college students that had become political activists and were against political suppression by the government. ... The people of the counterculture lived in groups called communes that were set up in larger cities around the world. ... The music festivals of the 1960's "embodied the idea of a rock & roll community," and "were meant to fix some problems of the Sixties rock shows".6 The music festival that set the stage for all the others was the Monterey Pop Festival which took place in June of 1967. ...

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Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), 37th president of the United States In assessing what is good in a president, one must look at that president's ability to properly govern its citizens and country and in the manner in which he does it. Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the great...

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Five Easy Pieces In 1970, the '60s may have been over, but the youth of America was still riding the crest of the Woodstock Festival into the brand new decade. In 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, Charles Manson directed his followers to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders, Senator Edward Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, American troops illegally invaded Cambodia and had a continued presence in Vietnam, and American cinema celebrated the life of the hippie with Easy Rider. 1970 seemed an extension of 1969 as the Chicago Seven were convicted of conspiracy to riot, Natio...

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The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy and fear. The "Red Scare,"" or the threat of search and arrest of communists within democratic nations, forced many to conform to a status quo and accept the expectations of society. ...

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