The Atomic Bomb In 1945 the United States made history by dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan. This was due to an attack on Pearl Harbor and other territories in the Pacific Ocean led by Japan during WW2. The United States had no choice but to retaliate‚ and consequently released an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima‚ killing 140‚000 civilians. It was justified and necessary for the United States to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because they wanted to end World War II‚ impress Russia
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Bismarck’s Foreign Policy Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) ruled Germany’s foreign policy from 1871 until 1890. He won over Prussia’s elected representatives by unifying Germany‚ first the north (1866) and then (in 1871) the whole of ‘Lesser Germany.’ In 1870‚ the French government blundered into a conflict with Prussia. By declaring war‚ the French fell into a trap that the Prussian king’s chief minister‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ had carefully laid for them. War against France‚ the ‘traditional enemy’
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Donald Trump has recently made it a big point that immigration is a tremendous issue in the United States’ economy. According to The Washington Post‚ “Immigration to the United States is the international movement of individuals who are not natives or do not possess citizenship in order to settle‚ reside‚ study or to take-up employment in the United States.” Immigration has been in the United States ever since the country was established. There are almost just as many advantages to immigration as
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aspects of his presidency was his foreign policy. Foreign policy in particular can be especially controversial‚ but despite this‚ Kennedy continued to feed into the controversy when he went against Eisenhower’s previous foreign policy. Despite people’s judgement‚ Kennedy proceeded to be bold by his secrecy when resolving the Cuban missile crisis. Kennedy also continued to make new and innovative decisions through his creation of the Special Forces. Since foreign policy deals with other countries‚ there
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the end of the 19th century to early 20th century there were numerous reasons for the United State to turn into an Imperialistic country. For example‚ there was lot and lots of economic‚ political‚ and strategic things that were happening throughout America and the rest of the world during this time period. Various industries such as investors including bankers and the new wealthy class were scared that the United States would soon produce more than it could ever use up and wanted to find new
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Current Issues in US Foreign Policy Within the term of each and every presidency‚ both the President and his staff make several crucial decisions regarding the the United States and its relationship with other nations. On the surface‚ such decisions may seem simple to make. However‚ this is not so. Many variables must be taken into account before each accord. Currently‚ several conflicts exist‚ ultimately which will need to be dealt with by President Obama and his administration in the coming months
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For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public‚ or atleast it seems that way. Globally‚ the United States of America has the strongest economy‚ 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance
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for world power between capitalism and communism had the potential to start World War III according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as of November 9th‚ 1950 in document 16 where they state‚ “In the event of the commitment of the [Soviet Union]… it would then be evident that World War III is imminent.” The Containment Policy was a way to keep communism from spreading without having to fight the most powerful communist countries outright. Wars that occurred during the Containment Policy never had direct
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Similar to the United States and the United Kingdom‚ Australia has two major political parties. The two parties consist of the Liberal party and the Labor party‚ which are the biggest among all the other parties. The next in line of the Australian political parties is the Greens‚ which is significantly smaller than the Liberal or Labor parties. People with the Liberal party are in favor of more of a capitalist society. Currently Australia is under the control of the Liberal party led by Malcolm Turnbull
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communism and the U.S wanted to keep communism contained. The Policy of Containment was a policy to stop the spread of communism. Why was the Policy of Containment needed? The Policy of Containment was needed for the U.S because of the Korean War‚ the Berlin Blockade‚ and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Policy of containment was needed for the Korean War because North Korea‚ which are communists‚ wanted to take over South Korea. In Document C‚ it states that America wanted to help South Korea so that communism
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