Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
.... to use the bomb. Also, the development of the atomic bomb cost
2,000,000 dollars. This was too large of a financial investment to waste
in not using the bomb for reasonable causes. Lastly, many Americans also
held bitter resentment against the Japanese for Pearl Harbor and the
treatment of American prisoners. So the decision to drop the atomic bomb
was essential.
The atomic bomb's initial explosion has been devastating, but it
also had many after effects. Those who didn't die suffered sev .....
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Why The Civil War Was Unavoidable
.... it equally. This
sectional difference really set the pathway for war because the southern
states soon would want to secede and seceding was a major cause of the war.
Another area that caused differences between the North and South
parts of the United States was the taxes being put on the imported goods
coming in. When the tariff bill was passed, it hurt the South because it
increased the prices on all of the imports coming in from Europe. The
North wanted the South to buy things from them and not .....
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The 1960's
.... of the previous decade's civil movement
led by Reverend Martin Luther king Jr. carried over into the 1960s. But for
most blacks, the results were minimal. Only a small percentage of black
children actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "Jim Crow"
practices barred blacks from jobs and public places (Ascher 21). New
groups formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality.
White resistance, however, often resulted in violence. This violence
spilled across TV screens na .....
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The Battle Of Antietam
.... and the last Confederate division,
that had been left at Harper’s Ferry to supervise the surrender of the
garrison, was approching the battlefield. They came upon the flank of the
Union forces and drove them back.
At the end Confederate generals urged Robert E. Lee to retreat, but
he refused. At dawn, on the 18th, the army was still there inviting
attack. Although more then 10,000 additional Union troops reached the
battlefield McClellan made no move. Lee had had read McClellan’s mind, he
also k .....
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The United States Completed Manifest Destiny At The Cost Of The Mexican Government
.... of 10 million. Mexico was going through rough economical time
and desperately needed the money. The United States seeing an opportunity
to build a railroad through the region brought the land at a cheap price.
The selling of the Gasden Purchase was the down fall of President Santa Ana,
and led to his replacement.
The conflicts along the border region were a direct result of U.S.
expansion policies and Mexican fear for the United States. The Americans
saw Manifest Destiny, westward expansion, as there Go .....
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The Black Panther Party
.... Ninth, "We want
all black people when brought to trial to be tried in a court by a jury of
their peer group or people from their black communities, as defined by the
constitution of the United States." And their tenth point was, "We want
land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. And as our
major political objective, and United Nations-supervised plebiscite to be
held throughout the black colony in which only black colonial subjects
will be allowed to participate, for the purpose of det .....
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
.... to good government, and the happiness of mankind ,
education shall forever be encouraged”. Article 3 however did not specify
however if federal money would be given to the schools for use, nor did it
specify if African-Americans could attend schools with whites' and although
it the separation of church and state had been previously outlined, the
Ordinance did not mention if it was ok to teach creationism in schools.
These problems are still being debated on. (Northwest Ordinance packet,
40-41)
Th .....
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American Republican Ideology
.... It was the foundation
of a building that had not yet been built. Many felt that it was up to
them to shape the way this new land would function, as opposed to the way
Parliament or the King felt it should. The memories of these early
pioneering settlers were a common theme for American revolutionaries
before the Revolutionary War. These early settlers were the creators of
the foundation to the building the revolutionaries would finish.
Another common theme which drove the revolutionary ideology .....
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Is FDR To Blame For The Bombing At Pearl Harbor?
.... was "neutral" at this point,
Japan proceeded to sink the Panay in 1937. This was a violation of
previous agreements, treaties, and was an intentional act of war.
More evidence of FDR's desire to enter the war is present in his
efforts to help China, which he was well aware was Japan’s rival at the
time. While America claimed to be "neutral," the U.S.’s actions
contradicted that statement when voluntarily shipping war materials to
China. In addition the U.S.A. also loaned money to China to prevent
export .....
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Slavery And The Underground Railroad
.... earning profits as a bonus for
not having to pay hired work.
Slaves turned to freedom for more than one reason. Some were
obsessed with being free and living a life where they were not told how to
live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends and
family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it forced
them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves even
back as far back as when the first colonies began, slaves wanted to escape.
They wanted to .....
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Prelude To Revolution
.... between the colonists and British government over the Stamp
Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American
Revolution.
The Boston Tea Party was a famous event that took place on December
16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party was when a group of Bostonians led by Samuel
Adams, dressed up as Native Americans boarded the vessel carrying 342
chests of tea and them all overboard. The Boston Tea Party had many
consequences. It led the way to more acts of violence by colonists, who
continu .....
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Bacon’s Rebellion
.... the
problems of Virginia’s politics states
How miserable that Man is that Governs a people where six parts of
seaven at least are poore Endebted Discontented and Armed”.
He states that of all the people in Virginia the majority of people
are poor and has no land that is sufficient. They have no money not to
consider that most of them owe people money, for example in the case of
indentured servants that are poor and owe work to there masters and freed
indentured servants who have not gotten their land t .....
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Columbine High School And Its Effects
.... The president, along with congress and the
Colorado Legislature, responded to this thought. The National Rifle
Association supported President Clinton’s proposals of tougher federal
enforcement of existing gun laws and placing more federal prosecutors and
law officers on gun cases. Many agree that both areas are major problems.
Many of the points made on the need for more gun bills have been in
reference to the Columbine Massacre. Colorado governor, Bill Owens, wants
to require criminal background c .....
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The Cause Of The War Between Britain And America
.... Colonist. This
enraged the industrial and agricultural colonists. Britain took it too far
when it passed the Quartering Act. The act gave British troops the right
to stay at any colonist house. Colonist where not only to house the troops,
but provide food as well. British General Thomas Gage asked the New York
assembly to convince colonists to agree to these terms. The assembly
refused the General's request. "If England had the right to pass tax laws
for them, it could pass any other sort of law it plea .....
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Anti-Vietnam Movement In The U.S.
.... 1968, protesters numbered almost seven
million with more than half being white youths in the college. The teach-
in movement was at first, a gentle approach to the antiwar activity.
Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer
of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it.
All of these movements captured the attention of the White House,
especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times
these movements attracted the interest of .....
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