United States: Justified or Unjustified Mexico wanted to steal America’s land that they have won. Mexico was crossing American borders‚ and some Mexican soldiers killed sixteen Americans. Mexico crossed the line with America and the United States decided to go to war with Mexico. America has too little land for too many people‚ and America had already won Texas. Mexico denied Texas’s independence and wants Texas back. America had decided to go to war because the belief to fulfill Manifest Destiny
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Was The Reign Of Terror Justified? The French revolution was planned to overthrow the monarchy of France because the King was over taxing the poor‚ spending the tax money on himself‚ and didn’t seem to care about the starving people of France. It was not planned to kill large amounts of people every day because they were suspected to be against the revolution. Influences like Marat’s newspaper made Robespierre and the people think that the answer to keeping the revolution alive was blood. The Reign
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S. was the first country to use an atomic bomb on another country‚ and the U.S. is still the only country to have ever used an atomic bomb. The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan on August 6‚ 1945 and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki‚ Japan on August 9‚ 1945. 70‚000 died instantly in Hiroshima and 80‚000 died instantly in Nagasaki. Even though the U.S. destroyed many Japanese lives the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the right decision. However dropping the second atomic bomb
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mid 1960’s‚ the United States was in its first cold war with the Soviet Union. It was considered cold because there was no outright fighting. The U.S. had been fighting to rid the world of communism‚ but only brought the communist USSR and USA together to fight their common enemy‚ Germany in World War two. The United States made a deal with the USSR that once Germany surrendered‚ ninety days after that they would declare war on Japan. The US had developed a nuclear bomb that would eventually lead to
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of nuclear bombs. The two main types of nuclear weapons: atom bombs and hydrogen bombs. The hydrogen bomb is the most powerful‚ destructive bomb of all. In this essay I’m going to give a brief history of the hydrogen bomb‚ the chemistry behind the bomb‚ and how much destruction the hydrogen bomb can do. After the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb success during the cold war‚ the U.S wanted something bigger and stronger. In 1950‚ President Harry S. Truman announced work on the hydrogen bomb. A group of
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time was James K. Polk. However‚ Mexico believed that Texas belonged to them‚ and so did the United States. The two sides ended up going up against each other to what is considered by Americans to be “The Mexican-American War”‚ and is considered by Mexicans to be “The U.S. Invasion.” The war occurred across Texas and Northern Mexico‚ with 13‚283 Americans perishing‚ and 25‚000 Mexicans losing their lives. The US was justified in going to war with Mexico because of the appalling way Mexico was treating
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ a plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb‚ Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima was a very industrial city; it had a military base and had not yet been bombed. The U.S. military thought Hiroshima would be a good target to display the destructive power of their new super bomb. Harry S. Truman‚ the president of The United States from 1945 to 1953‚ decided to drop the atomic bomb due to several reasons. First‚ he wanted to end the war as soon as possible‚ second
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the atomic bomb. They had a heavy-water plant‚ high-grade uranium compounds‚ capable scientists and engineers‚ and the greatest chemical engineering industry in the world. Even before its entry into the war‚ the United States had become very concerned with the nuclear threat of the Axis powers. On October 11‚ 1939‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein‚ which Einstein had actually written on August 2‚ 1939. The letter told of a new field of physics that was showing
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Was America justified in going to war with Mexico? This question is hard to answer as there were many reasons on both sides of the argument. However‚ in my opinion‚ the answer would be no. The Americans violated Mexican laws. How? According to Document D‚ American slaveholders crossed the Sabine River‚ which borders Louisiana and Texas‚ into Texas. This was an act of defiance against the Mexican mandate of freedom. In Mexico‚ owning slaves were not allowed. Also‚ when rebellion started‚ so did territorial
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Was the Reign of Terror Justified? Do you think it is your right to freedom of speech‚ beliefs‚ etc.? How would you feel if your country didn’t protect you because your beliefs differ from theirs? The Reign of Terror began in 1789. The French Revolution was all about making a new government that allowed people to have freedom. The Reign of Terror was not justified because the methods were too harsh‚ human rights were invaded‚ and when Robespierre died so did all his accomplishments. The methods
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