Nuclear fallout

I went to a private, jewish elementary school. There were about 40 kids in my grade, and we were all white. The school raised us to believe in God, and only the jewish religion. No one really questioned it, because it was the only way of living we knew. Everything was perfect for every family, except for mine. In second grade my dad was diagnosed with cancer. At the time I was too young and ignorant to really know what that meant, I just knew that it was bad. Two years later he passed away. For…

“The mouse that roared” was the label placed on the legendary M16 as it claimed responsibility for utterly destroying hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese militants and fighters (Parsons). The M16 was and currently is an assault rifle that was developed by an American engineer named Eugene Stoner (Morgan). The development of the M16 was significant due to the revolutionary design and accuracy that saved many Americans their lives. Even though the M16 is still the weapon of choice today…

Robert Oppenheimer and thousands of other intelligent scientists were appointed to work on the development of the world’s first nuclear weapon, that was used to bomb the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War Two. Soon after Japan's surrender,Oppenheimer resigned from his position as director of Los Alamos. A week later, Oppenheimer continued his talks with top officials. He walked into President Truman's office to discuss international cooperation, and the goal of stopping…

Korea’s nuclear threat. To start off, the impact of the Cold War on life during the 1950’s and 1960’s can be measured military. It all started when the Soviet Union built the Berlin wall in order to spread communism. The United…

Mount St. Helens is a volcanic stratovolcano still actively located in the Cascade Range in Western North America in the state of Washington. It was formed by a subduction plate boundary also located on the Juan de Fuca plate. The Cascade range is one of the most famous mountain ranges, and has one of the most active volcanos located in Western North America. Other areas or famous landmarks surrounding Mount St. Helens are the South Fork Toutle River, North Fork Toutle River, Castel lake,…

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked pearl harbor with planes in Hawaii territory bombing the united states naval base that is in pearl harbor, this attacks bombing nearly killed more than 2,300 Americans, in the process destroying the American battle ship U.S.S. over 2,335 military personnel were killed this included 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army, and 68 civilians. The total of deaths…

Robert Oppenheimer and his affect on the nuclear era The nuclear war era, weapons that created mass destruction that had changed the world into what we know as it is today. Robert Oppenheimer was on American Scientist from New York (American library 1). Oppenheimer Accomplished a lot of things, he earned a Nobel peace prize, creator of the atomic bomb and was a graduate of Harvard University. Robert Oppenheimer did more than just accomplish goals. Oppenheimer oversaw construction of the first…

The Science and Technology of World War II By Daylin Gray Coach Bair Advanced Language Arts World War II saw many advances in technology, science and math. “For all the roles of science, math and new inventions’, no war had a more ‘profound effect on technology than WWII.’ “We can point to numerous new inventions and…

In 1953 Eisenhower brought a new approach to the U.S. National Security policy. One of the elements was maintaining the vitality of the U.S. economy at the time building sufficient strength to prosecute the Cold War. Another element was relying on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression with the possibility to fight a war. Eisenhower also used the Central Intelligence Agency to operator secret and covert actions against governments that were connected to the Soviet Union. Strengthening…

someone may have died on a battlefield because we are still at war. After all, the permanent mark, we left on Hiroshima and Nagasaki after dropping the first nuclear bomb still remain to this day. Of course, it didn’t stop there because we then ushered into the Nuclear Age with the non-stop involvement of technology. I have no definite solution, but I believe there is a chance, but I am just one person. We are not prepared…