Following the World War I, the US manifested isolationism and protectionism by means of encouraging domestic consumptions, expanding economic opportunities, imposing high tariffs, and limiting immigrations to minimize negative impacts on America from foreign countries (especially the European influences). In addition, the US were fully aware of their significant loss of money (war debts) and soldiers, therefore US took a number of drastic measures in order to isolate them from the rest of the world. Amidst
Introduction The Vietnam War was a Cold War era proxy war which took place between 1954 and 1975. It occurred between North and South Vietnam. During this war, both North and South Vietnam were supported by powerful countries. South Vietnam was supported by the United States of America, who feared the spread of communism in East Asia, while North Vietnam was led by the communist Ho Chi Minh and supported by the USSR and China. The USA believed they had to do whatever was necessary to prevent the
decisiveness. On December 1, 1935, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. During the February 21 incident, he stood against the rebels, and emerged the Army's leading political figure. On March 1, 1937, he became the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. (2db.com) On October 16, 1941, Konoe resigned from his post as prime minister. (2db.com) Tōjō Hideki, soldier and statesman who was prime minister of Japan (1941–44) during most of the Pacific theatre portion of World War II and who was subsequently
Grove Rd. Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary resources/truman-ein39/ Source: Argone National Laboratory This letter is considered to be the first warning to the nuclear arms race. Einstein wars the president about the probability of the Germans acquiring materials to create a new powerful bomb that can cause mass destruction. The letter was written by a scientist named Leo Szilard who is known to create the chain reaction theory, but Einstein
Chapter 1: A Stone Age Brew 1. What were the consequences of the Agricultural Revolution? The consequences of the Agricultural Revolution were switching hunter-gathers into farmers. People stopped migrating and settling in one place to build a civilization, which eventually became cities or towns. Eventually, crops were diagnosed and made were made more healthful by early development of technology and record system. 2. What is the archaeological evidence that supports the cultivation, harvesting
The Battle of Antietam Bloodiest Day in American History By Dustin Fogel Period 2 The Battle The Civil War, up until the end of the Battle of Antietam (also called the Battle of Sharpsburg), had been a war fought to save the Union of the United States of America. The Battle of Antietam has been known as the bloodiest single day in American history and is known as such due to the nearly twenty-three thousand lives that were lost, both Union and Confederate, on that September 17, 1862. The
August 9 of 1945, perhaps the most controversial war decision in American history took place. This decision was deciding to drop the atomic bombs in Hiroshima, Japan on the sixth and Nagasaki, Japan on the ninth. Killing thousands of individuals instantaneously with Japan’s army in a weak state, many argue that the bombings were unnecessary. Despite these arguments, the dropping of the atomic bombs was both necessary and justified because it ended the war, actually saved thousands of lives and stopped