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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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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The definition of “justified” is having‚ done for‚ or marked by a good or legitimate reason. The second definition is declared or made righteous in the sight of God. The war with Mexico was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the thirtieth President of the United States was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had
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All of us live with a set of personal convictions—our views of what is right and wrong‚ what we feel is pleasing to God or not‚ what we are comfortable or uncomfortable in doing. Some issues are very crucial‚ like it is wrong to murder. Others are not quite as crucial‚ like there’s just something not right about cheering for the Steelers. Some things are based solidly on Scripture‚ some are based partially on Scripture‚ and some are just a personal thing between God and the person. If you start
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America was justified in its decision to drop Atomic weapons on Japan during World War Two’ Discuss. Towards the end of World War II‚ Japan had already been weakened by the battle of coral sea‚ but on August 6‚ 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped a first hand developed atomic bomb on the civilian and military inhabited city of Hiroshima. 70‚000 people were killed instantly. Thousands were left heavily injured and sick. The United States had many different reasons to be justified to have dropped
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historians say that the appeasement wasn’t justified and that Chamberlain was a weak person while of the other hand some say that Chamberlain didn’t have any other chose. There are a number of reasons that support both of the sides. Appeasement was justified in a few ways‚ sympathy for Germany‚ the desire for peace‚ the threat of communism and the time to rearm. All of these factors explain how the appeasement was justified. Sympathy for Germany‚ was an accept that mainly concerned the British
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Was the bombing of Dresden justified? Justified Not Justified 2. Dresden was a very important rail centre for moving tropos‚ concentration camp prisoners and materials of war. 4. Many industrial workers lived in the very centre of the city. 5. Dresden contained factories that produced shells‚ lenses for submarine periscopes‚ aircraft radios‚ fuses for anti-aircraft shells and engines for fighter aircraft. 11. In 1934‚ Germany withdrew from the Geneva Disarmament Conference‚ refusing to support
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The intervention of America overseas‚ was it justified? Its all at how you look at it. Some people say it was‚ because Germany had to much power others say it wasnt. The argument is one big chess game. Despite what others say I say it was justified. German leadership in Europe would have posed a direct threat to American interests in the Western Hemisphere. America’s primary concern at this time was the Caribbean. Germany had been attempting to make some inroads in the region before the war‚ and
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VI. Bacon’s Rebellion A. Berkeley’s fears of the freedmen were justified. B. In 1676‚ sparked not by a Dutch invasion but by an Indian attack‚ rebellion swept Virginia. C. It began almost as Berkeley had predicted‚ when a group of volunteer Indian fighters turned from a fruitless expedition against the Indians to attack their rulers. D. Bacon’s Rebellion was the largest popular rising in the colonies before the American Revolution. Sooner or later nearly everyone in Virginia got in on it‚ but it
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