President Truman's reasoning behind bombing the cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was to ultimately end the devasting war. He wanted to put an end to the agony that it had cause.
I do not agree with the decision to drop an atomic bomb on two (very populated) cities, however, it was not my decision to make, and was far before my time.
The atomic bombs "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" resulted in approximately 105,000 fatalities, and 95,000 causalities.
There were four other alternatives to dropping the atomic bombs:
- Offer the Japanese conditional surrender by lifting some of the terms
- Wait for the Soviets to attack Mancharia and Korea (which were occupies by the Japanese)
- Naval blockade
- Invade the Japanese "home" islands
Unconditional surrender was <u>discussed</u> during the Casablanca Conference in 1943, and the US <u>demanded</u> for unconditional surrender in the Potsdam Declaration in 1945.
1882 was the year the Chinese exclusion act was passed
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The correct option is : Land
At the beginning of the 19th century Spain offered generous parcels of land in Las Floridas to attract settlers and they began to flow both from Spain and from the United States. The American settlers began attacking indigenous settlements that took their revenge by making incursions into US territory. The army of the United States began to cross the border with Spanish Florida to persecute the Seminoles.
Answer:
1. The British and the US Navy/shipping
2 Madison blamed the English for angering the Indians that attacked frontier settlements.
Explanation:
The significance for communism is that it has caused many wars between the U.S. and other communist countries. The United States doesn't believe in communism, so we are trying to help the people in other countries.
Iron Curtain was where Europe was divided during the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis put America in a state of panic. The United States was on the brink of nuclear war.
The Vietnam War was significant because America helped fight against communism in Vietnam. We fought against North Vietnam.
The Taliban gave sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden.
Septmeber 11, 2001. This day shook the nation. It helped create thousands of jobs, especially in the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
The war in Afghanistan was fought because of 9/11/01. We fought the al-Qaeda.
We fought in Iraq because of oil. The whole Kuwait thing happened in Iraq.
<span>The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11th attacks on the United States.</span>
