The 30’s were a very difficult time for not only American citizens‚ but the nation as a whole. After being burdened with economic issues and war reparations‚ America turned inward to focus on worsening situations at home. Americans viewed their involvement in World War I as the war to end wars‚ and when shocked to find this untrue‚ they lost support for having gotten involved in the first place. This lead to a lack of support in the idea of joining another war. This motivating America to stay out
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devastated economy‚ and by a deliberate avoidance of European affairs. President Roosevelt recognized the United States inability to seclude itself from the world‚ as imminent aggressors grew in strength. There were some worrisome events like the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 by the Japanese‚ and the rise of the Chancellor in 1933‚ but the majority of the American population concluded that there were no apparent problems. By 1936‚ the situation intensified when Adolf Hitler and the Germans move into Rhineland
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The atomic bomb is the subject of much controversy. Since its first detonation in 1945‚ the entire world has heard the aftershocks of that blast. Issues concerning Nuclear Weapons sparked the Cold War. We also have the atomic bomb to thank for our relative peace in this time due to the fear of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). The effects of the atomic bomb might not have been the exact effects that the United States was looking for when they dropped Little Boy and Fat Man on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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harshness of the Treaty of Versailles and Stalin ’s decision not to do anything. One of the major terms of the Treaty of Versailles was that Germany could not have a large army. The term was placed so that the French did not have to fear another invasion from the Germans but exactly that happens. When Hitler is elected in 1933 he starts to militarize Germany. From 1933-1935 Germany ’s army is being rebuilt. Hitler creates the Luftwaffe the German air force and builds ships and tanks. Thousands of
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Nixon’s Visit to China and its Implications for American Foreign Policy President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China from February 21st to the 28th of 1972 was a monumental shift in United States foreign policy towards China. However‚ the change did not just alter American foreign policy towards China. The announcement of Nixon’s visit to China sent shockwaves across the globe. The change in American foreign policy following Nixon’s visit to China in particular affected many
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the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the landlords; (3) the CCP captured Manchuria and (4) GMD officials became increasingly corrupt. Many of the GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing advanced weaponry with them. During the Civil War‚ the CCP used guerrilla tactics to defeat soldiers of the GMD‚ many of which surrendered
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Midterm Prompt American Isolationism in the 1930s During the 1930s‚ the combination of the Great Depression and the memory of tragic losses in World War I contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy toward isolationism. Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics. Although the United States took measures to avoid political and military conflicts across the oceans‚ it continued to expand economically and protect
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at Incheon; F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft. | Date | 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (3 years‚ 1 month and 2 days) | Location | Korean Peninsula | Status | * The Korean Armistice Agreement‚ acease-fire armistice * U.N. invasion of North Korea repelled * Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled * Korean Demilitarized Zoneestablished‚ little territorial change at the 38th parallel border‚ essentiallyuti possidetis | Territorial changes | Korean Demilitarized Zone established; both sides
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our understanding of why the Truman administration used atomic weapons against Japan. Experts continue to disagree on some issues‚ but critical questions have been answered. The consensus among scholars is that the bomb was not needed to avoid an invasion of Japan and to end the war within a relatively short time. It is clear that alternatives to the bomb existed and that Truman and his advisers knew it. [Emphasis added.] The author of that statement is not a revisionist; he is J. Samuel Walker‚
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and has the significant influence in East Asian. However‚ the collapse of the Qing Dynasty made a humiliate history of China. The Qing dynasty doesn’t fall suddenly‚ and the collapse of Qing is not just simply because domestic revolution and alien invasion. The failure of the Qing government is worthy to study‚ we need to take a deep step and explore the root cause of the collapse of Qing. Before we discuss how Qing dynasty collapse‚ we need to know how it was founded. The dynasty was founded by
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