A People's History of the United States

weapons tests, the United States was ready to get their revenge. In 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs, one at Hiroshima and one at Nagasaki. This was one of the underlying factors that contributed to the surrender of Japan. The dropping of the Atomic bomb in Japan was important to United States history because it was arguably the biggest turning point in modern war history. It eventually led the United States into an economic age of prosperity, and it proved the United States had…

not believe the “Three-State Solution” is a path that the United Sates should pursue as recommend by Leslie Gelb in the New York Time’s November 24th, 2003 piece. The Economist October 12th, 2006 asserts that Iraq is already highly fragmented and this solution could result in ethnic cleansing and civil war between militia factions. I concur, but I do not agree with their support of a unified state either. The United States does not have the right to recommend any sort of state for this region…

Jeremy David Period 3, H World History Pick a Topic Reason and Knowledge was the driving force for the Scientific Revolution which teaches reliance on rational thought, not traditional thought. These are the core values of the Enlightenment. The enlightenment follows the teachings of many famous philosophers like John Locke, whose belief that everyone is entitled to freedom of life, liberty, and the right to own property. This idea eventually made it into the U.S constitution. The…

life and property.” This dialogue states a significant concept that the slavery is not natural because that just a kind of power to make that happen. This conversation also implies that a person is not a slave when he was born. He should have the right to obtain freedom, but he is not controlled by others. This history—slavery—does not happen naturally…

many of these people in Islamic Countries think about the United States. The perceptions of these people regarding Americans is just as important in understanding the social disconnect between the two separated worlds and the stereotypes, misconceptions, and suspicion that created the void between them. A perfect example of these perceptions can be found in the people of Afghanistan, which has a long history of interaction with the United States on many levels, including some with a rather…

Kunik Book Report- Hiroshima The incredible non-fiction book, Hiroshima, written and brought to life by John Hersey in 1946, discusses the truths of the attack and the long-lasting devastation, tragedy, and utter destruction caused by the United States atomic bomb dropping on the Japanese city, Hiroshima. Hersey’s primary intentions for writing the book were to provide a captivating, informative, and emotional narrative of the disaster that resulted from the bomb and give readers a grasp of…

Final Solution was carried out in stages. (“The Final Solution”. United States). These stages included deportation and different ways of torture and murder. “In its entirety, the ‘Final Solution consisted of gassings, shootings, random acts of terror, disease, and starvation that accounted for the deaths of about six million Jews—two-thirds of European Jewry.” (“The Final Solution”. United States.)…

the excerpts from Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, Louis Althusser aims to explain the reasons for why the cinematography has acquired its ideological nature in the first place. Although the scholar’s theories are applicable to multiple spheres of people’s activity excluding a film industry and seem way too old-fashioned, still, they promote one’s understanding of the issue discussed in the current research. In describing his concept of the State Apparatus, Louis Althusser argues that…

One of the most scarring events in all of American history was the enslavement of Africans. This was a turning point in history that left long-term economic, political, and social effects, some of which have lasted to this day. Slave systems of labor were cruel and traumatizing, and represent a scar in American history. When people mention slaves, most people’s original idea of a slave would be an African. However, before there were Africans slaves as the colonists’ source of labor,…

Formative Events in United States History During the formative period of American history, there are three large events that stand out in comparison to the rest in the way they affected the nation as a whole. Without the revolution, America would not have begun. Without the expansion to the west, the United States would not be the large size that it is today, and would not be able to have such a large and growing population. Finally, without the Civil War, the nation may still have slavery as a…