involvement in World War II. While the rest of the world was at war‚ America stayed neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor which ironically was intended as a preventive action towards America’s involvement in the war. After the attack‚ America entered the war‚ a war that the Americans were not prepared for. America just has gotten out of the Great Depression in the 30s and was still recovering. The war brought about draft and new job opportunities for men and women. Nancy Potter‚ a teen during the time
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In this Essay‚ I am going to explain the long and short causes of World War two. The war was caused by both long and short causes‚ From October 1929 an economy depression happened in America‚ it spread all around the world. Due to this million of people were throw away from the work and some of them starve to death. As this happened lot of people were angry and they turned to political extremists. After this In Germany and Italy‚ fascist dictators such as Hitler came to power and in Japan started
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World War II caused the death of many people. The wrath of the Germans‚ Italians‚ and the Japanese led to horrible death. The concentration camps killed thousands of people. The Japanese concentration camps‚ in particular‚ were awful places that forced hard labor out of prisoners of war until they died. During World War II‚ the Japanese lost to the Allies and surrendered‚ but the concentration camps of the Japanese still caused the death of many prisoners of war. The hard labor forced by the Japanese
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Question: “To what extent was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United
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Détente was the relaxing of tensions between the two Cold War enemies during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The policy aimed to increase communication between the Soviet Union and the USA so that the superpowers could resolve their differences and actively cooperate to form a respectful relationship. Whilst détente significantly reduced tensions and increased peaceful communication‚ it did not lead to the end of the Cold War nor did it resolve the ideological differences between the two nations
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World War II has affected the whole world in huge ways‚ from economics to finances. The Germans were to ones to start the war in 1939 and the U.S. didn’t get involved until 1941; 2 years after the war started. When the U.S. entered the war‚ many men were drafted for the war and left a lot of job openings that needed to be filled. Because of the lack of men in the workforce‚ the presence of working women increased during World War II; and it was the first time women had a chance to prove that they
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for a woman before World War One was most likely boring‚ while their husbands would be at work making money to support his family. This all changed though‚ once World War One began‚ the men were conscripted into the war leaving their wives at home to do all the mens work‚ as well as their own. During World War One‚ woman proved they were highly capable in many fields of labour. The role women took on‚ affected the lives of any past‚ present and future woman. Woman’s role World War One had a positive
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It is important to take note of human boundaries‚ those set by our evolved‚ genetic code. In War of the Worlds‚ H.G. Wells shows the reader how a person’s intelligence‚ ingenuity‚ and work ethic are secondary to human evolution. Human evolution determines a person’s intelligence‚ ingenuity‚ and work ethic more than other factors. Albert Einstein said that‚” The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Einstein is correct in thinking this because one’s genetic code
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What was the purpose for the Mexican American war? Well many people have their sides to what happened and if the U.S was justified or unjustified with going to war with Mexico.What was the war about? Who did it involve? The war was against the U.S and Mexico for disputed territory which is now Texas and the Western part of the United States.Who fired the first shots to start the war? It was Mexico‚ but why did they do it? I think it was unjustified to go to war with Mexico‚ for many reasons. Slavery
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What is the reason behind the peace between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the cold war? How were their relations and reasons for peace different from that of second-tier powers such as Japan? The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics emerged as the two most powerful nations in the aftermath of World War II. After five years of fighting the Germans‚ the soviet nation was more powerful than ever‚ and Joseph Stalin wanted to continue their rise to power and become the
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