Cloture affects a filibuster by actually stopping a filibuster in the middle of it.
"popular sovereignty" which really just allowed settlers of the territory to decide whether slavery would be banned within their new state's border. Causing many people to rebel including the KKK.<span />
Both relied heavily on sailing, as in both areas waterways were very prevalent (Greece with Ionian Sea which can be compared to the rivers)
Germany was part of the Axis Powers.
Depending somewhat on the time-period in question, it was the "military" who often wielded a large amount of power and control, since they restricted many individual liberties.