“To what extent was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United States
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civilians. Three days later‚ the Americans repeated their action at Nagasaki. The aim of the US was not‚ however‚ to cause complete annihilation of the Japanese‚ but to seize the fierce nationalism within Japan‚ ending world war two. Arguably‚ this was achieved‚ with the Emperor Hirohito broadcasting their surrender on the 15th of August.3However‚ was the Americans use of nuclear warfare justified in their bid for world peace? President of the time Harry Truman stated‚ “I never lost any sleep
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Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age
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Imperialism…Justified? The United States was justified in expanding its territory‚ influence‚ and power in the Westward Expansion because the country saw an opportunity and took it. In this expansion of the United States‚ the foreign policy of Manifest Destiny is present. Manifest Destiny is the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. One of the firs things that happen during the expansion to help prove that America was justified was that President
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Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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On December 8th‚ 1941 the United states of America‚ “Land of the free and home to the brave” declared war upon the Empire of Japan in response to Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbour the prior day. On December 7th‚ 1941‚ Pearl harbour was attacked and bombed by Japanese pilots without warning‚ destroying and crippling everything in their path. In one swift stroke Japan had silenced yet enraged the whole of the United States. To avenge all those American lives lost‚ the United States launched
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SukWoo Lee Period 2 1/19/13 Position paper Imperialism Justified During the end of the 19th century after the war and trying to recuperate‚ America had gone into a state of expansionism. The never ending change with the economy‚ agriculture and the industrial growth. Democratic National Platform‚ 1900 states “We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire…” With this new sense of power‚ expanding for the Americans was inevitable. The spreading of the “good” word of God with
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Maaya Fujita! 1M140049-9 Writing 2 1st Draft ! Bullying in Japan and the United States! ! Bullying occurs world-wide no matter where it is. The recent school bullying statistics show that 77 percent of American students have been bullied in some way (“School”). Also‚ a survey conducted by Japanese Ministry of Education tells that in 2012‚ six out of those cases of a total of 196 students who committed suicide were linked with bullying (Torres). Bullying has a lot of influence on the children
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Was Truman’s Decision Justified? Would you rather fix a problem with something that would cause minimal damage or fix it with something that causes mass destruction? This question didn’t seem to come to thought when Truman was deciding between invading Japan‚ or bombing it using the atomic bomb. Truman’s decision to bomb Japan was not justified because he killed a bunch of innocent people‚ he destroyed major cities instead of only his main targets‚ and in the end‚ Europe was still left divided.
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AISCT A.R. Grade 11 “Was the Mexican War a justified act of self defence or an unjustified act of imperialism‚ and are there comparisons to the recently ‘ended’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?” Americans had one objective and that was to expand due to the belief in American superiority also known as Manifest Destiny‚ which was the creed that it was their destiny or predestination to expand. This became an obstacle to neighbouring empires due to Americas oppressive intentions. Mexico had won
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