The first bomb was dropped on August 6‚ 1945 The Russians declared war on Japan on August 9‚ 1945 (at 12.00am) The second bomb was dropped on August 9‚ 1945 (at 8.30am) Japan surrendered on August 15‚ 1945 Clearly from these dates‚ the atomic bombs played little to no role in Japan’s surrender. If the second bomb played a key role in Japan’s surrender‚ the date of Japan’s surrender would’ve been sooner than August 15‚ 1945 (which was a whole 7 days after the second bomb was dropped). Japan
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In his short article‚ “Minority Report”‚ Christopher Hitchens tells us the arrival of Columbus on the shores of the Americas “inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation‚ and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto” (Hitchens‚ Coursepack #67). He pays his loyalty to the atrocities of “racism‚ conquest and plunder” (Hitchens‚ Coursepack #67) that precipitated from that moment of cultural contact‚ but dismisses “those who view the history of North America as a
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how he develops into a man that ends up on the wrong side of the law and lands himself in jail. I will be showing how the techniques such as point of view and characterisation have positioned us to see the minority group exploited throughout these two pieces of writing. They show us how minority groups were demoralized during this time period and the techniques used made the stories effective in helping us to gain a better understanding about how unfairly these marginalised groups were treated back
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Citing our textbook material‚ should we define minorities in terms of gender as well as race and ethnicity? Defend your response. The idea that most people have for the United States as a country is for everyone to be equal. I honestly have no idea how this would ever happen. When it comes to being able to vote‚ or our freedom of speech‚ or the second amendment‚ yes I believe that everyone should be equal in having these rights. Things such as the laws and bill of rights should be equal to every
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| Cierra Alvear | MAS10B / Section 1 | | Portfolio 1 Covarrubias/ Cruz | 03/18/13 | Section 1: 1900-1930 C. How did the Great Depression affect Mexican Americans differently than other Americans? Explain the multiple impacts endured by the Mexican Americans. After WWI money was being spent three times the rate of tax collection and soon the government began to cut spending in the 1920’s. This then resulted in the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a massive economic
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for harms that come about because of jurisdictional question among themselves‚ and required union pioneers to take a noncommunist vow. Taft-Hartley was only one of a few snags that impeded the development of composed work in the years taking after WWII. The CIO’s "Operation Dixie‚" attempted to unionize southern material laborers and steelworkers. It bombed in 1948
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breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It is not right that minorities are still treated as less than and
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Minorities and Policing 1 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated Dorothy J. Fells Criminal Justice 131 C. Thompson December 6‚ 2001 Minorities and Policing 2 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated If we look at the past‚ we can see that there is no warm tradition of community cooperation between the African-American community and law enforcement. Minorities and Policing is an important topic because it deals with issues pertaining to how minorities are
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The submarine is known as an important invention that proved successful in the World War Two era. Eighty-five of Mussolini’s and a breath-taking seven hundred eighty-two of Hitler’s submarines were sunk during the war‚ in addition to an unknown amount of Japanese submarines (Rush 35). A 1943 German prototype of this submerged killing machine was capable of carrying fourteen torpedoes or up to sixty mines‚ showing how submarines were superior to their time period. For example‚ the USS Perch is renowned
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Ethnic minorities in high positions of leadership are becoming the highest growing and highest earning individuals in business. Their growth is attributed to their success in running and operating their businesses with solid leadership. These ethnic minorities often rank higher in many leadership measures over non-minorities. In the play Othello‚ Othello succeeds as a general thanks to his contacts and performance in his position. He makes himself a great example when he leads his crew through a
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