Wilson, unlike other Presidents" before him, knew "what the costs of war might be like" (Hugh Brogan) and therefore did not want to enter the war unless absolutely necessary. ... The telegram was from Germany to Mexico suggesting that if the Mexican government joined the war against the USA Germany would ensure that Mexico would control New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. This was a direct threat to U.S territory; the Americans" were inclined to believe the telegram even though provided by the obviously bias British due to the poor relations between Mexico and the U.S up until the out break of war...

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I became interested in this topic because of my interest in history. ... The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were always taught to me with some opinion, and I always wanted to know the bomb itself and the unbiased effects that it had. This I-search was a great opportunity for me to actually fulfill my interest. ... I enjoyed researching the topic and learned a lot from my readings. Now I understand the atomic bomb better and also understand the motives behind it. ...

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Neutrality was declared in 1914 because Woodrow Wilson did not want to enter an area of conflict that was not concerned with American internal affairs. ... In January, 1917, the German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to a representative of Mexico. This telegram proposed a military alliance between Mexico and Germany. Germany offered financial assistance and support to Mexico in reacquiring territory previously lost to the United States. The purpose of this telegram was to keep the United States occupied with Mexico so that the United States would not involve itself in the wa...

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On 16 July 1945, the scientists did its first trial of the bomb in the New Mexico desert. ... By warning the Japanese, Truman wanted to prevent an invasion. ... He wanted to end the war before the USSR could enter the war in the Pacific and claim the lands that were promised to them at Yalta (Walker 157). He wanted to persuade them to relax their grip on Eastern Europe. ... Japan felt that Truman was bluffing because they just wanted the Japanese to surrender but he believed it was justifiable to send a warning as to that japan did not when they attacked Pearl Harbor and that they wanted the...

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Neither side gained a decisive victory not because they were equal in strength, but because neither Germany nor Britain wanted to risk destruction of expensive battleships in a conflict sure to cause heavy damage. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Germany was the most successful at this, empowering unrest in Russia by smuggling the exiled communist leader Vladimir I. ... When World War I began, Russia was the least prepared of all belligerents. ... However, under the direction of Vladimir I. ...

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However this changed when the U.S. wanted to ensure the repaying of the Allies' debts and the threatening of U.S. shipping by the Germans. ... I think that the United States should have joined the war sooner. Even if I can see the reasons behind their hesitation as to not interfere in a war that is mainly happening on Eastern soil and among European nations, I think that an earlier intervention on the American part could have saved a lot of lives. ... I knew that the medical attention in the war was suffering pretty hard under those conditions but I never imagined that there was so few he...

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Eventually, through about two months of construction at the Jornado del Muerto desert in central New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity" by Oppenheimer, the atomic implosion bomb was ready to test in July of 1945. ... Due to heavy rains, and thus the fear that the fission components of the bomb could not work under such conditions, the explosion was delayed until 5:10 AM, and the governor of New Mexico was warned that a possible evacuation of the state might be necessary. ... The words of Dick Nelson, a twenty-year-old member of the crew at the time, summarized the situation aptly: "You knew it was ...

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The people wanted the Allied Forces to have the victory. President Roosevelt also wanted an Allied victory because an Axis victory might endanger democracies in the world. ... The first atomic bomb was successfully exploded on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. ... I made the only decision I ever knew how to make. I did what I thought was right." ...

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It is policy that provides a strong national security, keeps a good economy with other nations, and it is a chance to provide influence in the world; but above all this is the want for international peace. ... The United States began sticking up for nations such as Mexico and Puerto Rico, and soon got involved in various other Latin American countries. ... In the beginning, I was essentially for the United States being Isolationist, but as time progressed I decided that this is the only way that our nation can go. ... Granted some look at this as sticking our nose in other countries business, ...

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In place of democracy, Hitler wanted an all-embracing one-party state that would run on the Fuhrerprinzip (German for "leader principle", prescribed the fundamental basis of political authority in the governmental structures of the Third Reich), which rejected representative government and liberal values. ... President Paul von Hindenburg hoped that by appointing Hitler, he could satisfy Nazi legislators and break the deadlock, while maintaining control of the government behind the scenes (Smith, n.d.), as he was getting older and did not want another election. ... Its defeat in Worl...

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