To deal with this problem, newspapers appealed to the masses for support with clothing and with shoes, and soup kitchens were established in cities to help feed the homeless and the poor. The government, for the time, did little to help the impoverished, since the government was to blame for the problem in the first place. ... Daniel Webster was a great speaker who could command audiences with his passionate speeches. ... John Calhoun, though he did not consider himself a true Whig, identified greatly with the philosophies and the beliefs of the Whig party. ... The British wanted to mainta...

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Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. ... With the ideas of revolution stirring the first continental congress was formed and met in 1774 and discussed their impending relationship with Great Britain. ... Those three presidents being so closely involved with the new government helped choose the Congress members, so there was very little difference of opinion between the two branches, other than two amendments most of the government policy remained static. ... With the election of President Andrew Jackson ...

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The Japanese authorities justify their actions by saying that such facilities would help soldiers from committing random sexual violence toward women of occupied territories. Also that they were concerned with the health of their soldiers and this way they could have sex with women in good hygienic conditions; this way no sexually transmitted diseases would enable them to do their job. This is similar to what has been going on for years with the US military. ... Katherine Moon, the author of Sex Among Allies, believes that foreign governments of US occupied nations construct R&R sites becau...

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In conjunction with NATO and the United Nations, most of American foreign policy is now focused on peacekeeping. ... Has the United States become so large and so powerful that we forget that the rest of the world has to live with us and not around us? ... Exactly a month after September 11th Kenneth Zapp, Economics professor from Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis wrote, "Unfortunately, Americans are famous for assuming that others see the world as we do." ... For many years the U.S. has protected and supported Israel with large amounts of money and weapons. ... Because our governmen...

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He received a partial scholarship to Eureka College in Peoria, Illinois, where he majored in economics. ... He helped to defeat a plan to lay off teachers and cancel classes with a speech in which he learned it was very important to know just how the audience felt. ... The marriage he began with such hope in 1940 ended in divorce in 1948. ... Reagan charged that President Carter failed to deal with inflation and unemployment. ... At the end of the debate with President Carter days before the election, he asked h...

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• Grade Level: High School