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- 10071: The Rise and Fall of American Communism
- ... to hide in the hope of eluding persecution. It resurfaced in 1955, when there was a sense that the crisis was ceasing due to the fact that the Cold War had stabilized with Stalin’s death in 1953. The Korean War of the early 1950’s, further intensified anti-Communist sentiments in America. North Korea, against which the Americans were fighting, was Communist. Since a number of American lives were lost ...
- 10072: Fascism
- ... rules and laws. This line of thinking led to calls for a new type of nation that would overcome class divisions and create a sense of historical belonging for its people. For many people, the death and brutality of World War I showed that rationality and progress were not inherent in humanity, and that a radically new direction had to be taken by Western civilization if it was to survive. World ...
- 10073: The Presidential Election of 2000
- ... Forbes, Bush's plan also calls for the gradual phasing out of the inheritance tax and the child tax credit would be doubled to $1000. Where Forbes calls for the total elimination of the marriage penalty, Bush supports reducing it. The issue of education is something that both candidates feel very strongly about. Both George W. Bush and Steve Forbes feel that the key to improving the American educational system is ...
- 10074: Theodore Roosevelt's Impact On The Presidency
- ... of the 1900’s, prosperity had returned to the nation. Bryan’s complaints were very ineffective and McKinley overpowered him even more than he had done in 1896. Unfortunately, a year later he met his death cause by an assassin’s bullet. Theodore Roosevelt, whom McKinley’s friend senator Marcus Hanna had once called a "wild man", was now the president of the United States. Roosevelt was soon to have a ...
- 10075: Solidarity-A New Hope Of Breaking Communist Ruling
- ... all this turmoil (MacShane 28-29). Second, but as much important person as Lech Walesa was Karol Wojtyla. At the time he was still Archbishop of Krakow, but in 1978, he was elected pope. After death of John Paul I in October of 1978, the College of Cardinals elected Wojtyla as first non-Italian pope in 455 years. The election of the pope from Poland meant the cultural and institutional power ...
- 10076: The Sources Of Public Policy
- ... attractive to specific persons and groups and each attainable in some degree but not fully compatible with one another. Such statements are most effective when expressed in concrete terms. Ex: To reduce the incidence of death due to kidney disease by 50% in 2 years. When there is a legislative struggle over which objectives will dominate, the final statement that goes into the policy is usually vague enough to encompass most ...
- 10077: Why The Crucible?
- ... witchcraft. Arthur Miller chose to present his views of McCarthyism through the Salem Witch Trials because the fallacy of such beliefs is obvious to the average reader. Since this work was presented shortly after the death of McCarthy and McCarthyism, the reader/viewer should be able to make the logical connection between the two. Miller’s goal may have been to help American’s realize the stupidity of McCarthyism and the ...
- 10078: Political Parties
- ... to the Democratic ranks. Blacks, whose loyalty had been to the Republicans since the days of Lincoln, moved into the Democratic column. This coalition continued to dominate the presidency for seven years after Roosevelt's death, and--except for two sessions in 1947-48 and 1953-54--it controlled Congress through 1980, when Ronald Reagan was elected president. In spite of the upheavals caused by slavery, the Civil War, and the ...
- 10079: John F. Kennedy: Foreign Affairs
- ... democracy. He kept power within his family and refused to share power with local leaders. On November 2, 1963, Ngo Dinh Diem died at the hands of his generals. Less than two weeks after Diems death, Kennedy himself was assassinated. So Linden B. Johnson took his place and the struggle of America’s bloodiest cold war.
- 10080: Social Welfare And Its Effects
- ... were developed. With the advent of organized governments and states came the beginning of social policy. Egyptian social welfare was based on both the economic need for workers and the religious need for life after death (Day, 1997, p.65). Most of us assume that centralized planning and coordination of social policy is a modern day invention. Yet. according to Day, centralized planning and coordination specifically, careful provision of food supplies ...
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