The USA‚ led by president Harry S. Truman‚ with the Enola Gay‚ dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6ht and 9th of august 945. This was after the attack on pearl habour‚ December 7th 1941. Evidently‚ this has opened many debates arguing whether the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was justified. Np‚ it was not. The USA responded unnecessarily and brutally. The two atomic bombs caused mass destruction to buildings‚ homes‚ roofs‚ and vast land. Along with
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believe that the United States was not justified to drop the atomic bombs. Theses bombs killed up to 140‚000 innocent Japanese citizens and injured thousands more. Thousands more innocent lives suffered third degree burns and many other type of injuries. The two bombs destroyed many houses‚ buildings‚ and crops. The United States also invested 2 billion dollars in these bombs. Was it worth it to kill all of these thousands of innocent lives? The United States was not justified in dropping these two atomic
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Albert Cohen ’s thesis is that class based status frustration is the origin of subcultures. Crime culture existed in certain social groups and the individuals learned the value of the delinquent subculture through participation in gangs. Delinquent subcultures have values that are in opposition to those of the dominant culture. The strain is rooted by low economical conditions‚ poor parental relations‚ and low school standards‚ with no chance of succeeding in the future. The anti social structure
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Is war ever justified? Is war ever justified? I would say yes. Others would say no. I believe that there are some situations that resort to going to war and that there are some that do not. If Britain hadn’t declared war on Germany when they invaded Poland‚ what would have happened? Would Jews still be persecuted? Would Hitler have had his "perfect" race or blonde hair and blue eyes? Would most of Europe now not be speaking English or French‚ Spanish‚ Portuguese etc.‚ but be speaking German? Britain
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everyday work easier. It was a time of economic prosperity for many people and gave people the opportunity to become rich. As a result‚ many people became rich business owners and controlled large monopolies. This had a negative impact on many Americans as business owners became more rich and the workers became more poor. Life became difficult for many workers and others had to live and work in unsafe conditions. The Progressive movement that began in the late 1800s was an attempt to bring reforms
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Communism is a system where there is no private ownership of business or property and the country’s wealth gets shared among the population. Vladimir Lenin started the communist international which was an organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism
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Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union starting from 1922-1953 (Mazelev‚ 1999). Stalin is famous for his extremities used to build and sustain Communism in USSR. He is considered as one of the leaders who were responsible for the death of many people during their rule. The estimated number of deaths for which he is known to be responsible goes over 40 million (Price 2014). Can his actions be justified and what was the end of the means he used? Stalin‚ as his predecessor Lenin‚ was mostly affected
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Do you agree with the view that Wolsey’s fall from power was mainly the result of Anne Boleyn’s hostility towards him? (June 2011) Anne Boleyn’s influence other Henry was certainly significant; she manipulated and seduced him‚ as well as succeeding in introducing him to the idea of Erastian kingship and Protestantism. Undoubtedly‚ her influence was one of the catalysts for the Reformation. Source 4 not only suggests the cause of enmity between Wolsey and Anne‚ but hints at the power Anne had over
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Jay Gatsby‚ born James Gatz‚ the son of poor farmers‚ “sprang from his platonic conception of himself” (Fitzgerald 98). Thanks to a job on millionaire Dan Cody’s yacht‚ Jay was inspired to change his way of life. Despite his mysterious past‚ including rumours that he killed a man‚ Gatsby was in every way a tragic hero. After meeting a beautiful girl named Daisy in Louisville‚ Gatsby spent his whole life fighting to be with her. He was too poor to ever be seen with her‚ so he got in deep with some
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Justified Independence Kimberly White 12/18/2014 The American colonists’ were justified in declaring their independence and breaking away from Great Britain. There were many reasons the colonists wanted their freedom. Among these reasons‚ the most important were unreasonable taxes‚ control of trade‚ and the violent nature of Britain. The first justified reason the colonists had for declaring their independence from Britain was the unreasonable and unfair taxes that the British
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