U235 is brought together‚ the resulting fission chain reaction can produce mass destructruction. Anyhow ‚ the United States only had a few assumptions of what was going to occur but necessarily didn’t know the huge amount of impact little boy would have so of course the only way to know was to give it a first try and drop it on japan which was the way to fight back after the attack on pearl harbor. The U.S came in with the mindset that once they attacked‚ Emperor Hirohito would immediately decide
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which one of their political ideals‚ capitalism and democracy‚ or communism‚ would reign supreme. Both countries fought to be the dominant power‚ creating a cold war‚ or a war where neither side is directly fighting the other in combat. While there was some aggravation between the two superpowers over things such as the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War‚ during the early 1960s tensions between the two rose even higher. President Kennedy put in a policy of being more flexible when it came to discussions
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To what extent was Austria responsible for the failure of Italian revolutionaries in the years 1820-49? Austria had a massive empire in the early 19th century‚ Italy only being a small part. The 1815 Congress of Vienna had given Austria direct control over Lombardy and Venetia‚ and had also put an Austrian family in charge of ruling smaller duchies such as Parma and Modena. As such‚ Austria had dominating control over a lot of Italy. However‚ this was not the only reason why Italian revolutionaries
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located. This act was not accepted and ordinary ‚ because thieves were in relation with the President Nixon and his reelection campaign . They have been arrested while stealing secret documents and wiretap phones. But ‚ Historians did not ensure that Nixon knew about this . After ‚ Nixon tried to hide the truth by raising money for burglars and trying to stop the Federal Bureau of investigation from investigating the crime . He hide all the evidence and firing staff . Although ‚ he was trying to close
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1) Contrary to traditional historiography‚ Pipes states that tsarism need not have collapsed. So why did it? a. Pipes explains that‚ despite what many historians view (in hindsight) as the “inevitable” collapse of tsarism‚ that no one could have foreseen its end. That revolutionaries “acted with such reckless abandon” because they believed it would have no consequences for the regime (11). b. He also cites the fact that foreign states were investing in the tsarist government‚ with nothing to indicate
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Why‚ and with what results‚ was the First World War not confined to Europe? There is not one apparent reason for the cause of the First World War. However‚ the First World War was initially started within Europe and surrounding areas around it. One can say that the war was not totally within it the boundaries. There were countries outside of Europe like Africa‚ Asia‚ Japan and the United States of America that made a major contribution to it as well. The countries outside of Europe were having
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Why did Stalin win? Throughout the summer of 1923 it was apparent that Lenin’s reign was coming to an end and this overshadowed the political struggle however in the Politburo and central committee battle lines were forming. They all thought that they were deserving candidates with so thinking that they were untouchable and were destined to lead USSR . Leon Trotsky seemed to have the stronghold as he had a close relationship with Lenin. However in the background there was opposition growing. Stalin
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During the American Civil War there was a long- standing disagreement on slavery and it’s place in society. There are multiple reasons on why slavery existed moreover‚ how or why it “prospered.”In the 17-18th century owning slaves became a topic of issue with different views and perspectives‚ consequently‚ slavery no longer existed. Analyzing the diverse set of opinions‚ accordingly‚ by choosing one of the various reasons on slavery’s existence. Why did slavery exist when our Declaration of Independence
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Rome was such a big city in 250 CE. After that were just going down hill quickly. That’s when they fell due to many reasons but there were three main reasons. Government‚ military‚ and natural causes. Government was a big reason why Rome collapsed. They did not have any good leaders or rules that will keep a big city together. The government would worry too much about building and not enough on keeping their city under control. Then the country had to many people and were not even close to
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Bosnian crisis Austria-Hungary after 1878 Treaty of Berlin was allowed to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. Certain events happened to make Austria-Hungary feel threatened that she would no longer be able to ‘rule’ Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 1908 Bosnian crisis happened due the fact that Austria-Hungary wanted to and did annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the annexation‚ many problems were made‚ some were solved others weren’t. Austria-Hungary feeling threatened caused the Bosnian crisis‚ and her
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