That piece of legislation was called the Monroe Doctrine, which established the United States as the sole police power for the Western Hemisphere and called for an end to European interference in American affairs. ... Many such empresarios also brought along their slaves and intended to grow cotton. ... Upon his inauguration, Walker made slavery legal in Nicaragua and began encouraging Southerners to move to his new country with their slaves. ... Driven from power, Walker returned to the United States, where he would finally be tried and found guilty of neutrality law violations. ... When...

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We must understand how he gained and abused power. ... The gypsies, the slaves, and Jews, were the ene-mies of the , "Master Race". ... It sold over 300,000 copies in Germany before he even came to power. ... In 1930 they attracted six million votes and came in second among the parties competing for power. ... He issued a decree "for the protection of the German people which gave him power to control the press and political meetings. ...

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The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. ... However, it is quite possible that Stalin overstated the probability of war deliberately to push through his ambitions and to strengthen his personal power within the party. ... By doing this with the argument of war Stalin kept his rightist support and reunited the Communist party behind the Five Year Plans, massively increasing Stalin's personal power whilst discarding the rightist's power. ... Through the five year plans Stalin managed to iron out the feud between the leftists and ...

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Another defendant, Hans Frank, was governor general of Poland from 1939-1945 and who headed an administration that exploited 2.5 million Jews in slave labor. ... His crime was defined as using his position to promote the extension of Nazi power in Europe (www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/trials3.html). ... Von Pappen's acquittal was based on the difficulty the prosecution had in linking him to a conspiracy to initiate war (www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/trials3.html). ...

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