August 6‚1945 the United States dropped a Uranium atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima‚ located in Japan. It was necessary for the U.S. army force to drop the bomb on Hiroshima due to the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the need to impress Russia‚ and to mark the end of a global conflict. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941‚killing innocent lives and causing a mass destruction‚ because of this‚ the U.S. needed to retaliate. The U.S. lost about 2‚390 servicemen and over 1000 were injured. This was an incredible
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The internment of Japanese-Canadians was not only cruel but also immoral in a multitude of ways. In the Second World War‚ Japanese-Canadians were seen as enemies despite being mostly naturalized or born in Canada (Suigman 52). The internment served to protect Canadian citizens in the West Coast‚ however‚ it achieved nothing. The internment of Japanese-Canadians was unjust and teaches modern people the horrors of racial prejudice through the cruel conditions in the camps‚ the dispossession of property
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created compelling speeches that would move an entire country further into the direction of liberty. FDR’s “Four Freedoms Speech”‚ and JFK’s “Inaugural Address”‚ are prime examples of doing just that. The two speeches compare and contrast in multiple ways‚ including the historical context behind the speech‚ the message of freedom in the speech‚ and the purpose of delivering the speech. World War II officially began on the first of September in the year 1939 and when FDR
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Canada. Of these‚ 14‚119 were Nisei (second-generation Canadian born)‚ 3‚159 were naturalized as Canadian citizens‚ and 6‚000 were still Japanese citizens when all suspected Japanese-Canadians were branded as ‘enemy aliens’ after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour. The War Measure ACT shortly came after giving the government authority to detain or remove any suspected people of having a Japanese descent. The Canadian government took the Japanese community from their homes and treated then harshly during
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Lasting only a month in 1945‚ The Battle of Manila was an intense and vicious battle in which outnumbered Japanese troops were defeated by U.S. troops. The fierce battle occurred in Manila of the Philippine islands from February 3rd to March 3rd in 1945 near the end of World War II. Japanese had captured the Philippine Islands three years prior to this battle‚ and this was the chance American troops had to liberate the Philippines. Encirclement strategy and clear objectives are what allowed the United
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challenges. We see it every day: ISIS‚ mass shootings‚ racism‚ et cetera. In his speech‚ “ Day of Infamy”‚ given on Dec 7‚ 1941‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt argues‚ that in a time of crisis‚ America must go to war with Japan. Roosevelt jumps right into a clear call to action. Stirring up emotion‚ Roosevelt uses effective diction and syntax to convince congress to call war on the Japanese. President Roosevelt crafts his speech using words that evoke targeted feelings: patriotism and anger. Roosevelt states
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during war. Smaller stealth aircraft should be put in mass production because it would be both money efficient and lifesaving. Until a smaller design of the B-2 comes out we are still susceptible to attacks on our country just like the infamous plural harbor
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How were the Japanese- Americans treated unfairly throughout World War Two? The Japanese- Americans were treated unfairly many times throughout World War Two‚ which later led them into the harsh circumstances of the internment camps. For example‚ In A Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida‚ states on page 305‚ that “During the first few weeks of camp‚ everything was erratic‚ and low on supplies.” This is saying that Japanese- Americans were put into internment camps‚ and were given only the bare necessities
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religion was taken from them since in the camps it was prohibited to practice the Shinto religion along with Buddhism as well. The military also violated the Japanese American’s freedom of speech and their right to assemble. The use of Japanese language was prohibited in public meetings that where their freedom of speech was violated their right to assemble was abridged when mass meeting were declared prohibited as
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have been accused and persecuted for things they haven’t done. During certain situations and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend was Samuel Parris
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