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    setting up in that part of the world was something the United States could live with.” The US was rather more concerned for a mutual benefit and wanted a working relation with the USSR. The U.S. were most interested in the west Europe‚ they wanted to introduce there ideology‚ demarcation‚ by trying not to collaborate‚ “‚” Roosevelt-style—that is‚ by trying to work hand-in-hand with each other on whatever problems turned up. Instead‚ they could get along by pulling apart. Robert describes “ideologies

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    lot of them as well as he experienced certain events first hand like the space race when he worked at a rocket research facility‚ how the USSR and communism affected other countries when he lived in South America‚ and the Vietnam War protests when he went to college and covered them in his school

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    slaves the right to vote‚ reuniting the Union‚ and more. The success in these areas greatly contributed to why I think Reconstruction was a success. I think it succeeded in ending slavery because the first of the Reconstruction Amendments‚ or the 13th Amendment‚ prohibits slavery in the United States by law. Slavery hasn’t completely disappeared since then‚ but it comes nowhere close to the state it was at before the Civil War‚ so I personally think that it

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    the World Book encyclopaedia "refers to laws that are designed to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages." The enforcement of the Volstead Act in the United States of America (USA) saw the nationwide beginning of the prohibition on the 16th of January 1920. The Prohibition brought about a change in attitude for the people of the United States (USA). It caused an extreme rise in crime; encouraging everyday people to break the law and increased the amount of liquor that was consumed nationwide.

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    Citizens of the United States were found to be divided into two separate political groups during the ratification of the United States Constitution. The first group‚ the Federalist Party‚ having a nationalistic view‚ favored a strong central government‚ restricting powers of the states. However‚ the Republican Party believed that the power of the national government should be limited and the states be given additional power. Many different issues occurred between the two parties‚ however the debate

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    role in the history of the early United States. It was a reform period during the early 19th century that encouraged women’s rights‚ temperance‚ and abolition through forms of activism and religion. American society was drastically affected after these historical events because‚ most importantly‚ the Second Great Awakening encouraged important moral values in society. It was the sudden awareness of morality through religion that altered political perceptions during the Second Great Awakening. Religion

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    Transportation and Territorial Development in Singapore Extended Metropolitan Region1 Jean-Paul Rodrigue2 Department of Geography Centre for Research on Transportation East Asian Studies Centre Université de Montréal C.P. 6128‚ Succ. A Montréal‚ Québec CANADA‚ H3C 3J7 Abstract: This paper brings a preliminary viewpoint on the interface between port cities‚ urban regions and their transportation systems in the particular context of Singapore. The development of the regional Singaporian

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    more of their territory and goods. They were also in competition for economic power trying to take in control of the trade and market. With the arms race between the USSR and the US during the Cold War‚ and arms race among other countries began to develop wanting to increase the number of armies and new developments of more efficient weapons and tactics. Nationalism was shown throughout as people came together to prepare for war. Alliances and treaties were being developed resulting in more conflicts

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    ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Why is Abortion Legal in the United States?  During the 1960s and early 1970s‚ U.S. states began to repeal their bans on abortion. In Roe v. Wade (1973)‚ the U.S. Supreme Court stated that abortion bans were unconstitutional in every state‚ legalizing abortion throughout the United States. For those who believe that human personhood begins during the early stages of pregnancy‚ the Supreme Court’s decision and the state law repeals that preceded it may seem

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    The Restoration period begins when King Charles II returns to his throne in 1660. The Restoration Period has brought back aspiration to a separated nation‚ however no political resolution has been bothered to be put in place until religious problems have been dealt with. King Charles II reinforced the Anglican Book of Common Prayer‚ and anyone who opposed this was sent straight to jail. King Charles is forced to break up the Parliament and divide England into two political parties‚ the Tories and

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