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    Stalin Constitutes an Abuse of Power Throughout history‚ power has been divided between multiple people‚ and with that a nation was usually led peacefully. However‚ the times that power was presented in a dictatorship‚ it was abused and created an oppressive nature within a nation. After rising to power in the Soviet Union‚ Stalin instilled fear amongst his people by promoting anti-semitism and by creating new policies in order for the people to blindly support him. Around the 1920’s‚ Judaism was

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    year‚ the great depression hit America. Then‚ the people lost confidence in him and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election with a promise of a New Deal to end this poverty throughout the country. He first proposed to expand the three powers with a fourth branch called executive agencies after the great depression. However‚ the Supreme Court opposed the Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 which he was not too‚ please. After his re-election‚ he re-proposed the Judiciary

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    people are not as familiar with the Russian authoritarian‚ Stalin‚ even though his policies on collectivization lead to just as many deaths as the Holocaust. Hitler rose to power in hopes of creating an Aryan Race‚ a master race of the Germans; Hitler’s ideas were based on racial bias. Consequently‚ this “noble” race did not include Jews‚ communists‚ socialists‚ gypsies‚ or disabled people; in fact‚ Hitler blamed these people for all the problems in Germany. So‚ in 1935 Hitler passed the Nuremberg

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    his honor‚ but with the fall of the Soviet Union‚ more information regarding him has been revealed. Stalin’s rise to power originated from his central role in the Russian Civil War as the secretary general of the Bolsheviks‚ and after Vladimir Lenin’s death‚ he outmaneuvered his rival Leon Trotsky (who was exiled to Mexico and murdered in 1940) and eventually consolidated his power to where he was the central authority. An advocate of “socialism in one country”‚ Stalin focused inward

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    The political power struggle in China is a phenomenon that has been occurring for centuries. Since the beginning of its political history in 221 BC‚ China had been ruled by a dynastic governing system. This system was based off of the lineage of power passed down in a family or line and caused unrest due to its lack of democracy years before the issues leading up to the war began. This age-old political structure was one of the various factors that played into the eruption that would become the

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    time consul‚ and the most recent year he held office‚ just before his demise in 86 BC‚ he claimed a frightening toll on the optimates. At the same time‚ he made sure that Caesar was delegated flamen dialis‚ one of an antiquated priesthood with no power. This identified him with his uncle’s fanatic governmental issues‚ and his marriage in 84 BC to Cornelia‚ daughter of Marius’ partner Cinna‚ additionally affirmed him as a radical. At the point when Lucius Cornelius Sulla‚

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    A comparison of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi. Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi are both two revoutionaly men. Racism was and is a problem in todays and yesterdays culture. These men fought for equal rights of all men and women‚ no matter the color or origin. This paper will compare the two men not competitivly but as a "based on the facts" comparison. Both men tried to stop the violence and racial hatred by using non-violence techniques. Ghandi has been known for fasting. Fasting means

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    With Fernando Cardoso coming to power in the early 1990’s‚ it signalled a shift towards political consolidation and economic stabilization. He proved to be a pragmatic and decisive leader‚ reasserting the government’s authority to influence policy despite political and popular opposition. Inflation had long dogged the Brazilian economy with many leaders‚ military and civilian‚ avoiding the issue and further fanning the flames through monetary expansionist policies. Cardoso‚ first acting as finance

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    returned to France in 1815 and briefly resumed power. The Battle of Waterloo‚ in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians‚

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    you wish to see in the world.” -Mohandas Gandhi. Both Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi lived by that quote. Nelson Mandela forever changed South Africa‚ dismantling apartheid‚ while Mohandas Gandhi changed the world when he fought for freedom of British rule in India. Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela had many similarities; in fact‚ Gandhi inspired Mandela. Mandela and Gandhi mostly used peaceful methods to achieve their goals‚ but Mandela used semi-violent approaches. He bombed bridges (to decrease

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