When some think back to when America was expanding they might not think of the war we went against with Mexico‚ but this point in time was a huge part of the expansion. Other thing still had a continuation when the war was taking place such as: the annexation of oregon territory (1846)‚ the first diamond is laid out in Cooperstown‚ new york (1840)‚ and due to the Mexican cession the US’s size increased bey 50% (1846). Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 in a battle at the Alamo. This then
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of Venice. He is mostly shown as a vengeful character and depicted as a blood thirsty villain. However‚ he was also a victim of abuse and harsh criticism as a result of his belief and religion and had several reasons for revenge against his counterpart‚ Antonio‚ as he was mocked by him and had suffered many problems on his behalf. Although he had many reasons for revenge‚ were they justified? Shylock hated and did not respect Antonio as he had injured and insulted him in the past and made it very
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of their country. There was also a border dispute between Mexico. Near the Rio Grande‚ Mexico troops had attacked the US Army. Was the Mexican War justified? The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Mexico’s treatment of Slidell‚ sixteen Americans killed by them‚ and attacked the US near the Rio Grande. One reason the Mexican War was justified was the way Slidell was treated by the Mexican government. According to Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico
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“To what extent was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United States
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revolts and rebellions against tyrannical kings and governments which were simply out of control. In other cases it has been a group of underprivileged‚ misunderstood‚ misrepresented‚ or oppressed groups of people. In this case these certain groups of people took it into their own hands to create the government they wished for. In most cases these groups of people had rational causes for their rebellions. However‚ the American Revolution was not an example of this. In fact it was quite the opposite
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Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the
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spite of their ideals‚ there was one entity stopping them from fulfilling and continuing their beliefs ; Mexico. Although Mexico was precluding their aspirations‚ it didn’t give the United States the right to go to war. Going to war with Mexico was not justifiable for multiple reasons. First‚ and foremost‚ the primary reason war was not justified‚ nor warranted‚ is because the Americans were on Mexican land that they were originally invited to inhabit. Once Mexico was declared free from Spain
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when it comes to Britain’s policy of appeasement with Germany back in the late 1930’s. Some historians would say that the appeasement with Hitler wasn’t justified at all and that Chamberlain was a weak-minded person‚ whom thought that Hitler would be reasonable (this was because Chamberlain was a very honest man and a trustworthy politician‚ who was naïve in thinking that other politicians would be the same). Other historians would argue that Chamberlain did not have any other choice at that very point
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America learnt how unadvanced and weak China’s military really was compared to them. They used this knowledge to gradually impose their ways and beliefs on China. Many of the Chinese commoners thought this to be intrusive and offensive to their cultural beliefs. As time went on other nations slowly gained more freedom in China as Westerners forced them into a series of unfair treaties. One example was the Conventions of Peking‚ which allowed European missionaries to move freely about in inland China
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President Harry Truman is justified for sending atomic bombs from the United States to Japan civilian cities. Two parts of Japan in particular named Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targeted to kill off the civilians. The bombs were supposed to target a certain range of people‚ the hiroshima ranged from 90‚000 to 146‚000 and the Nagasaki ranged from 39‚000 to 80‚000 deaths. These bombs initiated the action of surrender from Japan and this happened on August 15‚ 1945. There are documents that prove Harry
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