To support Olney's position, President Cleveland obtained funds from Congress for a commission to determine the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana. ... The boundary question was resolved when Britain agreed to accept the decision of an arbitration tribunal which in the end upheld the British case. ... In Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, and other Latin countries, Americans invested heavily in railways and copper, silver, and tin mines and grew increasingly influential in the politics of these countries. ... The canal was completed in the face of seemingly insurmountable political, m...

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Introduction Exploring the political and social diversity in the American electorate and examining the potential for political change raises an apparent question. ... Are the structural barriers for third party candidates created by the two-party political system removable? The problem is not a lack of challenges to the two major political parties. ... Institutional barriers are the only remaining explanation for the two-party system in American politics. ... Rosenstone et al. divide the difficulties facing third parties into three categories: first, "barriers,"" such as constitutional a...

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Shlaim throughout the Berlin Crisis was preoccupied with domestic politics. ... The blockade remained in existence so long because of Truman's tough political race and his uncertainty of reelection. ... Truman was overtly aware that the people of the United States rallied behind his doctrine, and wanted any and every nation to have a choice in their political happenings; however, he was also aware that the people of the United States were tired of war, and especially war for European benefit. The Berlin Crisis would not be resolved until Truman was sure of his political future. ... Ot...

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Jackson's brutal tactics and use of power created opposition from high ranking political and national figures. ... Calhoun could not take on the task of presidency, but he maintained a large following in the south, and had political presence among many men. ...

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Wilson advanced rapidly as a conservative young professor of political science and became president of Princeton in 1902. ... Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to pronounce American war aims through a a series of ideas he had known as the Fourteen Points, this would establish a general association of nations indubitably guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. ... The treaty also fixed the boundaries of the new nation. ... Wilson used every political tactic he knew to bring Hughes down. ...

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