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    USA in 1890-1945

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    USA‚ in 1890 – 1945 USA was a nation that was constantly changing and became an 18th century society based on the Thirteen Colonies‚ after the American Revolution. Ever changing‚ USA was constantly expanding territories‚ increasing population growth and improving industrialisation through modernity. Although this was the case‚ the principals of the Founding Founders were heavily influential which would impact the decisions made by USA in the future; portraying that as well as change being enforced

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    hydrogen bomb

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    Year 8 geography- global organization. Part A Organization 1 amnesty international a) what is Amnesty international Amnesty international is a democratic organization which is not funded by the government or other political party that complains to the government or other organizations for abusing human rights or falling to protect people. Plus amnesty international defends human rights for people whenever there are violated. b) what does amnesty international do The things that amnesty international

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    Atomic Bonding

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    1.1 The atoms‚ during bond formation‚ may lose or gain electrons (valence electrons) in order to achieve a stable state‚ or technically speaking‚ a stable electron configuration. Usually metal atoms lose electrons and non-metals gain electrons in order to achieve electron stability. When dealing with bond formation (Ionic bonding for example) we need to analyse the outer shell of the atom. Metals usually present 1‚ 2 or 3 electrons in their outer shell therefore they have to give them away to achieve

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    do? Truman was in that same situation when he was president. Truman had two options‚ option one was to invade japan‚ option two was to bomb them. While Roosevelt was president Truman had no idea about the A-Bomb he had no clue that their was an A-Bomb but as soon as Roosevelt died Truman was introduced to the A-Bomb. Truman wanted to end the war completely so he had to think of what he was going to do‚ option one or option two. While Roosevelt was president he knew how powerful the Atomic Bomb was

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    Decision to Drop Atomic Bombs The Justification behind the Detonation of The Little Boy and The Fat Man How could anyone possibly justify a decision that would result in over 265‚000 potentially innocent people losing their lives? Justifications like this have been made throughout history by evil leaders with mal-intentions‚ or by psychopathic fundamentalists‚ but never by a governmental organization as respected and trusted as the United States. How is it possible that the most financially

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    History of Atomic Theory

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    Democritus Democritus ( 460 a.c.– 370 a.c.) was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera‚ Thrace‚ Greece. He was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher and pupil of Leucippus‚ who formulated an atomic theory for the universe. His early deductions about the composition of the basic component of nature led him to believe in unseen and uncuttable particles ‚ called atomos. This Greek philosopher wondered how he could be sitting in one part of his

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    CRJ 313 19 February 2012 Truman: Bomb Dropping It was August 6‚ 1945 when the first ever atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later another was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ Japan and this let to the surrender of Japan in World War II. The surrender would have not occurred so soon if it had not been for President Harry Truman’s decision to use the first ever nuclear attack on another nation. His decision changed history and the way the world worked. This meant

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    Bomb Monologue “The United States would not have succeeded without me!” I was heavily involved in WWII after Pearl Harbor where Japan did a surprise attack. I also helped the other world leaders to victory against Germany. And‚ I created the U-Committee to make the first atomic bomb‚ and the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan which killed many people. I am the president so I made all of the decisions about the process of the bomb‚ and I declared war on Japan which made the Allies

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    Both President Eisenhower and Truman believed strongly in the Policy of Containment while President Kennedy believed in Flexible Response. Presidents Eisenhower and Truman believed in the Policy of Containment which means it was a policy that the United States adopted in the late 1940’s to stop the spread of Communism by providing economic and

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    Harry Truman ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb‚ scholars and citizens subscribed to the original version of the story: the President acted to avoid the invasion of Japan and lose anywhere from 200‚000 to 500‚000 American lives. Then in 1965‚ Gar Alperovitz published a the book “Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam”. He argues that the dropping of the atomic bomb “was not needed to end the war or to save lives” but was a message to the Soviet Union. Fifty years after the atomic bomb was dropped

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