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    FUNCTIONS OF MONEY Money is something that people use every day. We earn it and spend it but do not often think much about it. Economics define money as any good that is widely accepted as final payment for goods and services. Money is so common that we rarely think about what it is. The characteristics of money include durability‚ divisibility‚ portability‚ and scarcity. Money acts as a unit of account‚ medium of exchange‚ and a store of money. First money is a store of value. Store of value

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    One interesting event from 1960 was the testing of the first atomic bomb by France. Between 1960 and 1966‚ seventeen bombs were tested by France. These bombs leaked radioactive materials that are still affecting citizens near the bomb sites in the Sahara Desert. It is estimated that hundreds of soldiers and nearly thirty million civilians were knowingly exposed to the radioactive areas. The bomb testings and radioactive exposure were reportedly meant to “study physiological and psychological effects

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    There were a series of events that lead to the decision to drop the first atomic bomb on Japan which included: Pearl Harbor‚ Battle of Midway‚ Iwo Jima‚ and Okinawa. The first event that led to the decision to bomb Japan was driven by retribution for the Japanese bomb on Pearl Harbor that killed thousands and destroyed the majority of military resources located in the area. The second event that led to Truman’s ruling was‚ the Battle of Midway‚ this battle signaled that without interference Emperor

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    December 7th‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii was the target of an unannounced military attack by the Japanese Navy. This resulted in the United States entry into World War II. After almost 4 years of war‚ 400‚000 US casualties‚ 6 months of air strikes on Japanese cities and an impending defeat of Japan‚ an ultimatum was delivered to Japan by the United States: surrender or be destroyed. On August 6th‚ 1945 the United States military dropped the first atomic bomb as an act of war on the Japanese city

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    The Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project was a United States government research project where they produced the first atomic bomb. The project started in 1942‚ with only six thousand dollars in funding‚ and ended in 1945‚ when the first atomic bomb was produced. “ The atomic bomb took four years to produce about two billion dollars” (Moss 22). Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified‚ that is why we dropped the bombs. The dropping of the atomic bombs saved many American

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    articles which I was studying very carefully‚ shows two opposite opinions about the necessity of using the atomic bomb to the end of World War II. Gar Alperowicz‚ in his article‚ "Hiroshima Remembered: The U.S. was Wrong"‚ the evidence to prove that America didn’t need to use atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagashaki to end the war. Contrary to this article John Connnor in his article "Hiroshima Remembered: The U.S. was Right" is trying to prove and convince reader that using atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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    Crimes against humanity‚ as never witnessed before‚ and hopefully to never be seen again‚ occurred during the course of World War II. The security of our nation and of other allied nations was severely threatened‚ not only by the Germans‚ but by the Japanese. The Japanese were a strong people willing to fight till it was no longer possible. It may even be said that they were suicidal‚ with their kamikaze pilots and no real hope of defeating the allied nations. America has always‚ and most likely will always

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    This investigation evaluates whether or not the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to make Japan surrender unconditionally. To assess the extent to which the deployment of nuclear weapons affected the Japanese decision to surrender unconditionally and if Japan was already prepared to do this prior to the use of the atomic bombs. The details and motivations of the United States to drop the bombs are explored as well as Japan’s peace negotiations with the United

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    propaganda taught in grade schools was that the United States dropped the atomic bomb to save American lives and end the war. President Truman and some advisors stated after the war‚ that somewhere between five hundred thousand to one million American lives would be loss with an invasion of the Japanese homeland (37). So‚ in an attempt to bring the War in the Pacific to an end they used the atomic bomb. They also justified the use of the atomic bomb by claiming using the bomb would save an untold number

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    event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason Japan was threatened by the U.S. with the Atomic bomb was to force them to surrender. The war would have taken much longer had an invasion been attempted. An invasion would have cost more lives for both sides than the bombings. The Allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first reason the bombing was justified was that it was the most viable way to force the Japanese

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