The Moral Causes Of Los Alamos

The Mexican American War was a very controversial event. The Americans believed in their “Manifest Destiny” which prompted them to annex the territory of Texas which, in turn, initiated the war on April 25, 1846. Texas was annexed to the Union as a slave state on December 29, 1845. This

On August 2, 1938, in the heat of World War II, Albert Einstein, a physicist born in Germany, sent a letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. The letter suggested America to build an atomic bomb before the Nazi Germany does. However, it took more

The Mexican American War began on May 13th, 1846, when Congress declared war on Mexico, and finally came to an end on May 26th, 1848, when both sides of the war agreed on a peace treaty (Bomboy, 2012). While this war was over, 14 years later, another one began, based on what many feel transpired as a result of the Mexican American War (Bomboy, 2012). The War began when the independent republic of Texas decided to join the United States, which Mexico considered an act of war (Bomboy, 2012). By the end of the war, 10 states had joined the Union and the size of Mexico was cut in half, including California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming (Bomboy, 2012). This war was important for both nations, but in America, it was exacerbated with the ongoing issue of slavery and the political climate of the country. Thousands were killed, and millions of dollars were spent, it was America’s first foreign war that was fought nearly completely on foreign soil, and forever changed the borders of both countries (Miller, 2006). Since Mexico was South, the states added to the Union were in slavery territory, and the balance between the slave states and the free states of the North was thrown off by the additional states (Miller, 2006). With 10 new states added to the United States in the South, the constant uncertainty of whether or not they should be free or slave states, and what it would mean for the previous Southern and

The Battle of Alamo played a huge role in Mexican-American history. The significance of the Battle of the Alamo was that it helped Texas gain independence, Texas become a state, and the United States gain control of the northern Mexican territory. It was the deciding factor of who should own

When looking on these documents, it is obvious to note the similarities with the writing in the early textbooks on the topic of the Alamo and the Mexican-American War. When these events happened, America was still a pretty recent country and was trying it's hardest to make a name for themself amonst the other well known countries. In 1867, when the first passage about the Alamo was written, and in 1840, when the first passage about the Mexican-American War was written, it was quite apparent that the people writing these were not telling the full truth about the two events as it was shown that in the writing of the Alamo, the author only said that David (Davy) Crockette was probably killed. From the 1878 edition to the 1905 one, there was a

Ethics and morals are a very important to all people and dropping these bombs showed the United State government’s true colors during the war. Dropping the atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities killed many innocent civilians and drastically damaged Japan and its people as a whole. Killing innocent civilians is unethical and morally incorrect. The intention of dropping the atomic bombs to cause a surrender from Japan was correct, but the government surely could have planned a better way to make Japan surrender just as quickly. On July 17th a petitions was made to President Truman attempting to change his view on the bombing; ethics were brought up as the petitions states “we feel, however, that such attacks on japan could not be justified, at least not unless… Japan were given an opportunity to surrender” (A Petition). This quote shows that the people believed Japan should have been given an opportunity to surrender before falling victim to a devastating nuclear

INTRODUCTION The Mexican war between two neighbors, The United states and Mexico during 1846 to 1848 was a defining for both the nations. United States became a continental power as Mexico lost half of its territory, the present American Southwest from Texas to California.

The Mexican-American War: A Forgotten Fight Thesis: The Mexican-American War was a leading factor in the cause of the American Civil War through the acquisition of new territory along with the concept of Manifest Destiny and the effects of this war can even be felt to this day. There were several factors

Today, we are going to talk about the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil; The Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Motivated by the U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean, he pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico. A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. At the end of the war, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory.

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African Americans that were dedicated and determined young men that proved their point that not only white men could fight in the war but so could they. They created the 332nd and the 477th fighter group in the United States Air Force .The

Most of the Japanese would rather die than to come to a peace agreement and that was why we should have dropped the bomb. The bomb was the end of it all and was absolutely necessary because of the Japanese belief in bushido. They created the use of kamikazes in order to kill us and would have used even more if we did not drop the bomb. Furthermore, in Document 9 we can see the horrors that were faced because of this bomb. The horrors were faced because we needed to save our troops and get them out of the Pacific. There was a reason behind the bomb and the lives that were lost. The reason was to save our own American lives and to make sure that this war was over. The bomb was completely necessary no matter what happened to the people in Japan. The last argument that will be discussed is that it was against God’s will and was not moral. (Doc 12). This is the most ridiculous thing that I have seen people say yet because during this time Japanese were dropping planes on us. They killed many of our people but no one says anything about the lives of the soldiers that were saved. No one says anything about the fact that we were attacked in Pearl Harbor were off-guard soldiers were stationed. Just like the bomb it killed people that did not have a chance to defend and were killed. If we were put through this attack and put through the everyday life of a soldier we would want the bomb to be dropped as well. This is not a question of whether something is moral or not, it is a question on whether or not it helped us save lives. We did save lives with these bombs. Up to a million American lives were saved with this bomb (Doc

On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were an unprecedented assemblage of civilian, and military scientific brain power-brilliant, intense, and young, the people that helped develop the bomb. Unknowingly they came to an isolated mountain setting, known as Los Alamos, New Mexico, to design and build the bomb that would end World War 2, but begin serious controversies concerning its sheer power and destruction. I became interested in this topic because of my interest in science and history. It seemed an

When faced with the prospect of killing a few to save many, it may be difficult to discern whether doing so would be moral or not. However, when Harry S. Truman was forced to decide whether or not to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, the moral choice was clear: dropping the bombs was the most viable option available that would end World War II, minimize casualties on both sides of the war, and ensure American victory. Every other option available to Truman would have resulted in a much greater loss for the people of both Japan and the United States. While dropping atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was undeniably an atrocity, which resulted in over 300,000 casualties, this gruesome attack was the most ethical option available to Harry S. Truman for defeating Japan’s barbaric regime and ending the bloodiest war in human history.

If we had not done it, then Japan would’’ve gotten to us first. I know there is neither right or wrong in revenge and destruction but if it involves saving the lives of the people you govern, what choice do you have? There has been questions and controversial comments that has floated around the subject, “Did we really have to drop that bomb on Japan?”. Even though this wasn't much of beneficial to the Japanese, we the Americans had showed selfishness of saving ourselves in this case. That’s human nature when you are running the

Harry S. Truman, the successor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, had questionable ethics in the eyes of the public. He had no regrets of dropping the bomb and killing 80,000 people. The press quoted him as stating “You got a bomb, you’re at war, use the bomb”.