Gather the facts On 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
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History Internal Assessment Alexander Shablygin Word Count:2003 March 21‚ 2013 To what extent Battle of Stalingrad was one of the major turning points in WW2 A. Plan of the Investigation The intent of this investigation is to determine whether or not the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the major turning points in fighting Nazi Germany during World War II. Battle of Stalingrad was Hitler’s attempt to conquer USSR on one breath‚ starting from surprise operation Barbarossa in June after
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convicted and in 1953‚ executed on the count of conspiracy to commit espionage. Julius Rosenberg was born in New York to Polish immigrant parents. In 1940 he joined and became the leader of the Young Communist League‚ where he met Ethel Rosenberg. Julius and Ethel became full members in the American Communist Party but by 1943‚ the couple dropped out of the Communist Party‚ supposedly to pursue Julius’ espionage activities. Early in 1945‚ Julius was fired from his job during the Red Scare in the United
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Washington was known as “the father of his country‚” he started his way up to the top by doing his first military experience during the French and Indian War. George Washington’s was known for many things‚ one of the many reasons on why George Washington left a lasting legacy if for the reason that he was the the first President of the United States. His actions impacted the the French and Indian War by having him the main commander‚ his bravery/ courage to do things that no one would‚ and his intelligence
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In the passage “Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark‚” the author explains that not all education is in book-smarts. How he does this is by showing how he felt about their education at first and changed his mind after “the flood” and had been proved to be wrong. This passage can just show how far any knowledge will get you. It all began with his grandma saying that rain was coming their way. He had questioned this because there was not a cloud in the sky at the time. Then the other Appletons backed
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Am I obese? That’s the first question that you should ask yourself when it comes to the issue of posting calorie counts in New York restaurants. This issue should not be a debate since it is clear that people need be informed about what they are consuming. Having calorie counts in NY restaurants will allow people to make a decision about how many calories they want to consume. The United States has become one of the top countries in the world with an obesity problem. That is because now a day’s
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of JFK and his Accomplishments while he was in Office. The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy remains a mystery to this day. Some argue that there is more than one shooter‚ I personally agree with this theory. Although his presidency was very short‚ he made great strides in giving the people what he promised. He most likely would have helped America in more ways than one and it would have been great to have seen what he would have accomplished. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by Lee
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central idea and the idea that works of art often have more than one idea they want to convey to their audience. The poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh‚ and “Raleigh Was Right” by William Carlos Williams use an overarching story of a shepherd pronouncing his love to a nymph and she rejects this love while “Rules of the Game” is a story about a girl named Waverly skill in chess and how her relationship with
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Why I Count my Blessings Have you ever read an article in the newspaper which caused your heart to ache for someone that you did not know? You may have read about an accidental shooting that involved a couple of playmates or about the couple‚ who on their honeymoon‚ died from a head- on collision with a drunk driver‚ or possibly read about a parent who abused their child for wetting the bed. Those are some of the news articles that had lingered on my mind long after I had read the newspaper
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swimsuit at the oceanfront. He was a presumptuous troublemaker‚ invariably never heeding to his astute parents. His parents strictly advised him not to go and swim unassisted but guess what... he departed anyways! Submerging further beyond the coastland than he ever accomplished before‚ he was becoming lassitudinous. Promptly comprehending that there was no one in his immediate proximity to extricate him‚ he started to overreact. Investigating why James was so inaudible in his bedroom‚ Mother didn’t detect
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