<span>Democratic Government is when the means of production are determined by the people.
Communist Government is when the means of production are determined by the state. Also where shortages occur, most decisions about who gets what will be made by the Government. In that case, money does the talking.</span><span>
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In Dred Scott v<span>. </span>Sandford<span> the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories.
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The economic restructuring program Mikhail Gorbachev used was "Glasnost".