Great Britain, France and Germany were all decimated either financially and/or physically, leaving only the United States and Russia to duel out for total supremacy. ... This was a huge problem for the anti-communist government of the United States. ... Russia as communist-evil and the United States as anti-communist-good are childish. Whitcomb further argues that this doctrine increased dramatically the hatred toward the United States by the Russians, and hastened the militarization of the Cold War . ... This obvious slap in the face to the post war agreement between Russia and the United...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the time of the Great Depression, government intervention in the economy was higher than it had ever been and a special government agency had been set up specifically to prevent depressions and their associated problems, such as bank panics. ... After a century of friendship, Americans and Russians quarreled over Asian questions in the 1890s, and became enemies in 1917 when the Communists seized power, established the Soviet Union, and declared ideological war on the capitalist nations of the West. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this alliance b...

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For both sides in the election, the outcome would be a major factor in which party would retain control of the government. ... At the time of the election of 1800 the Federalist Party was in control of the majority of the power in the government. ... This caused the Panic of 1819, in which for the first time, the government had to face the problem of nationwide pauperism. ... The government, for the time, did little to help the impoverished, since the government was to blame for the problem in the first place. ... Manufacturing firms pressed the government for greater protection from forei...

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Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. ... Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... The company, which also had large interests in Cuba and Colombia, came to exert great influence upon the policies of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. ... But in 1889 the Germans, who also had economic interests in the islands, sought to...

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The truth about how our government treats citizens of other countries and other accounts of how bad U.S. ... So the people hear what the government wants them to hear. ... Al-Jazeera makes sure that the Arab view is heard, but it also reports news that is unwelcome to Arab governments. ... Because our government has bankrolled that country's policies with $3 billion to $4 billion of aid each year. ... Even in these situations many Americans still do not know the truth behind our governments actions. ...

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Détente, which was a peaceful however strained policy of coexistence with the USSR, was de-emphasized, and the United States foreign policy was against all government movements under soviet influence. ... After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. ... The Soviet government began to reduce its forces in Europe, and in 1989 pulled ...

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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 i...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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• Grade Level: High School

She almost single-handedly kept the issue of women's suffrage in the mind of the government and the public. ... The prevailing riddle of the day was "Russia and England are enfranchising their women in war time. ... The government resorted to force in an attempt to end picketing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School