The Longest War in American History When you think of the longest wars in the history of the world, you immediately look back to wars fought centuries ago. ... In this process of denial, the Old South had re-written history, whether intentionally or unintentionally. ... I could not agree more with that statement, particularly with the words distorting history. ... He concludes that our country is better with the entire constitution, even with its twenty-seven Amendments. He goes on to say that in the debates ahead, conservatives and liberals alike should celebrate the Constitution of our tim...

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The media, our history, our country's current foreign affairs, and especially our tendency not to trust one another. ... Our history has been bloody with wars and violence, but it is no more violent the history of currently less violent countries, such as England and Germany. The differences in our history and theirs are the key. ... These are the factors of American history that no one wants to take responsibility for. ... The constitution could have been just as sacred and signed without it....

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Throughout America's long history, there have been 42 great men who served as president of this nation. ... Each served as president during a time of great change and hardship in American History from the founding of the nation to World War II. ... After the war, Washington was unhappy with the Articles of the Confederation and took steps to bring about the ratification of the Constitution. In 1787 when the Constitution was ratified, Washington was unanimously elected President. ... Abraham Lincoln served as the nation's 16th President during one of the bloodiest wars in American...

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" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... This was continued through to the constitution. ... They state that differences in the Constitution "have led many to conclude that there is something different about Americans and their vision of government that is reflected in their very different Constitution.... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character b...

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The Japanese constitution invested Hirohito with supreme authority, however, in the early years of his reign, he merely ratified the policies that were formulated by his ministers and advisors. ... In an effort to reform and revive the monarchy, Hirohito proclaimed a new constitution for Japan in 1947. ... He also performed the ceremonial duties assigned to him by the 1947 constitution, such as presiding over the opening and closing of the national legislature, receiving foreign ambassadors, and attending national events. ... Hirohito is the longest-reigning monarch in Japan's history....

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The challenge of human rights is straightly connected with the history of the modern state. ... In general, state is a guarantor of human rights that has to protect individuals, however, as can be seen in the history, the state have infringed the rights of citizens. ... The German Empire under the Constitution of 1871 and France's Third Republic of 1871 had in their constitution any sections dealing with fundamental rights of the citizen. ...

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Congress should always get the last say, is what The Framers of the Constitution believed. ... As designed by the Constitution's framers, they strongly believed that only Congress could exercise the life and death power to declare war. ... If the Supreme Court rules that a law approved by Congress violates the constitution, the Congress can initiate the process to amend the Constitution, impeach the hostile judges, or expand the size of the court to fill it friendlier jurists. ... Truman was in office, he became one of the most popular and powerful presidents in American history. Truman ...

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Howard Zinn on the other hand, takes a different outlook on the history of the United States. ... "I prefer to try to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slave, of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees . . . the postwar American empire as seen by peons in Latin America." ... Zinn view of history is often contrary to what is normally taught in schools. ... This kind of information is usually omitted from regular history textbooks, but Zinn isn't afraid to expose some of the darker moments in Ameri...

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As the bombs continued to fall and the fires continued burn a question arose from the rubble of what was once Germany. The question was how to deal with Germany. Germany was responsible for the start of World War II and they were partially responsible for the start of World War I. Since Germany has ...

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Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... In my opinion, this was truly the "end of history." After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History. 2. ... Stalin Stalin was a crucial figure in the history of the Soviet Union, transforming this predominantly peasant society into a world industrial power by the end of the 1930s. ... Until 1532 the democratic constitution of Florence was outwardly upheld, but...

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We start with Article II of the United States Constitution, which outlines the powers and duties of the Executive. ... A wartime president deemed that a certain group of citizens, in this case citizens around the DC area, an imminent enough danger to suspend certain rights applied by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ... 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...

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This speech that went down in history as the "Four Freedoms Speech" spoke of a dream for America as well as the rest of the world and encouraged the nation and congress to join the war efforts. ... He believed these were the most important because they have always been apart of the American Dream, and the freedom of speech and religion were freedoms protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution. He believed that the freedom of speech and worship were two of the most important parts of the constitution and that they should be expressed all around the world. ...

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Lives are taken, buildings and cities are devastated, and families are left to suffer the losses of their loved ones. War in many ways can deeply impact a society , whether it be structurally or emotionally. Many may believe that the act of fighting in a war is the hardest part of being involved ...

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Look into American History From Civil War to Vietnam War to Desert Storm, which cost billions dollars and millions lives, will the war ever end? ... The constitution among other things would not allow that sort of government today. ...

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Some of the major causes of the Second World War were: • Anger over the Versailles Treaty • The failure of peace efforts after World War I • The rise of Fascism • The goals of Hitler ANGER OVER THE VERSAILLES TREATY The Treaty of Versailles was enacted into history in June 1919 with Germany forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. ... By 1933, due to several reasons, Hitler was able to make his party the largest in Germany and also very cleverly change the German constitution so that he could become dictator of Germany. ...

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April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. ... This war is a major turning point in American history and society, and has helped shape America into the country it is today. ... One of the most significant events in African American history is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited the states Smalls 5 from using literacy tests, interpreting the Constitution, and other methods of excluding African Americans from voting (Memory). ...

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Spain's modern history has been a dark cloud in most American students minds. ... Not only in history books but a large part of the disregard of Spain was due to UN trade boycotts. ... The anger of the people only intensified with this change of power, suspension of the constitution and the high unemployment rates and inflation. ... "The brigade was the first racially integrated military unit in U.S. history and was the first time a black commander, Oliver Law led white soldiers." ...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country"(Internet 1). He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order. In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." Wilson had seen the difficulties of war. ...

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Under the constitution of the Weimar republic women had been give equal rights with men, however when the Nazis came into power these rights were abolished. ... Mason, K J,Republic to Reich (pg133) 3. http://www.kdhs.org.uk/history...

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With different developments of law enforcement related to each individual country's individual development throughout history, new innovative strategies in regards to law enforcement constantly arise. ... The German Supreme Court is in charge of all judicial reviews, and anything in regards to the constitution. ...

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Hungary In 1946 Mr. Winston Churchill warned that an "Iron Curtain" was descending the middle of Europe, the Cold War began. (Cold War) Once allies against Hitler, the Soviet Union and the United States confront each other at the end of WWII. (A Summary of the Cold War) The cold war w...

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It has been used by numerous politicians as a basis for ideas and principles for important documents of the United States to follow, such as the Constitution, Amendments and others. ... The bottom line here is that after both of these events the United States not only had World wide support for the events to follow but The United States as a whole had an undaunted outcry for Patriotism unlike any level in its history. ...

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History and role of the Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact was dominated by the Soviet Union. ... In December 1989, the Sejm approved the government's reform program to transform the Polish economy rapidly from centrally planned to free-market, amended the constitution to eliminate references to the "leading role" of the Communist Party, and renamed the country the "Republic of Poland." ...

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The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. ... The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. ... Although he had promised President Hindenburg that he would uphold the constitution, Hitler immediately called for new elections. ...

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?The Only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing? Edmund Burke They say time is a great teacher. How true. History has taught us that peace must be kept at all costs. At the end of World War 1, the common goal between the victorious nations throughout the world was t...

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