Parliamentary reform and politics‚ c. 1780-1832 (a) Explain why the Reform Act of 1832 was passed. [24] (b) To what extent were the policies of the Younger Pitt the most significant influence on parliamentary reform and politics in the period 1780-1832? [36] 2. Popular protest‚ c. 1815-1848 (a) Explain why the Chartist movement began. [24] (b) To what extent was the growth of trade unionism the most significant influence on popular protest in the period 1815-1848? Parliamentary reform
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Both ‘’Hiroshima’’ and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb’’ were interesting works to read because they discuss two different views upon World War II. However‚ both works correlate to each other because at the end their message is simple: war inevitably causes death. Upon reading these works‚ I thought to myself how World War II is taught in the simplest form during history class in middle school. I never had a professor who explicitly went into detail of the horrors of World War II‚ therefore taking
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in 1868.[5] Hiroshima served as the capital of Hiroshima Domain during the Tokugawa period. [edit]Imperial period Hiroshima Commercial Museum 1915 After the han was abolished in 1871‚ the city became the capital of Hiroshima prefecture. Hiroshima became a major urban center during the imperial period as the Japanese economy shifted from primarily rural to urban industries. During 1870s‚ one of the seven government-sponsored English language schools was established in Hiroshima.[6] Ujina Harbor
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On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ killing thousands of innocent people! The United States did it to force Japan to surrender and end World War II. To this present day it still and will remain a controversy whether or not the US was in the right or wrong of bombing Hiroshima. I argue that the US shouldn’t have attacked Hiroshima the way they did. The politicians in power when this traumatic event occurred could have agreed to a different
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Atomic Bomb Position Paper Was the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? No‚ it was not. Neither of the two cities were military targets. Both cities had more civilians than troops. This would also mean that we broke the rules of war. We bombed innocent civilians. This‚ according to multiple documents of war‚ is illegal. Especially since the towns had no means of defending themselves. Bombing these towns also started the Cold war arms race. Everyone wanted the atomic bomb
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. The first four chapters of the book Hiroshima‚ by John Hersey‚ are the true accounts of the bombing‚ told from the perspective and memories of six survivors. It was originally published in 1946. Almost four decades after the original publication of the book‚ John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now
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Perspective of Paul Tibbets (pilot of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima) - Immediately after the bombing on Hiroshima August 6 1945 I have just returned from dropping an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. All that I can say is that it was a complete success. Today will go down in history. The last twenty-four hours have been exhilarating and adrenaline-filled. I’ve flown a lot of planes in my life so far but I have never done anything like this. The power of the Atomic bomb
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has ever seen. The atomic bomb was a newly developed weapon able of causing destruction beyond any weapon before it. Two of these bombs were dropped on Japanese cities. The first on Hiroshima on August 6th‚ 1945 and the second on Nagasaki on August 9th‚ 1945. The immediate devastation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the only display of power that would cause the surrender of Japan. The psychological effects alone left a mark like no other. The U.S bombing survey sums up the immediate
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developed one of their own which led to the red scare. After Hiroshima‚ we laid another atomic bomb “fatman” on
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crew member that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. The U.S. dropped two bombs‚ on Hiroshima‚ and later Nagasaki three days later. The bombs were built under the project code-named “The Manhattan Project‚” named after the place they were constructed‚ Manhattan‚ New York. And an estimated total of 225‚000 people was killed or wounded on account of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Hiroshima and Nagasaki Death Toll). While dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was terrible‚ it was
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