time the United States conducted the first successful test (an atomic bomb was exploded in the desert in New Mexico in July 1945), Germany had already been defeated. The war against Japan in the Pacific, however, continued to rage. President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton
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representatives and the judicial is made up of both the Supreme Court and lower courts. (Truman, 1993) The legislative arm of the government is also called Congress. It is divided into the senate which has 100 senators and 435 representatives. The number of representatives’ is determined by the population of people in a given state. The senators and representatives are elected by eligible voters in their states (Truman, 1993). It is charged with the making of national laws and allocation of funds that
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this time America saw two presidents come to power: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). Both of which affected the civil rights movements in different ways. Truman who was vice president to Roosevelt was elected officially in 1948, Born in Missouri in the late 19th century he had been brought up in an area that saw racism towards coloured people as a natural occurrence, and this was also the case for Truman. Truman had first encountered blacks as family servants with
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. 1970s began healthcare in crisis. (“Healthcare Timeline” n.d). The demand for health insurance increased throughout the 1900s. The
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doctrine. This allows for the expansion of racial segregation across America. 1915: The film “birth of a nation” glorifies the KKK and thus rejuvenating it; consequently leading to widespread racial attacks in southern America. 1946: President Truman issues Executive Order 9808, establishing the President's Committee on Civil Rights to propose measures to strengthen
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intensified after President Truman declared the Truman Doctrine and launched the Marshall Plan.” President Franklin Roosevelt believed the Soviet Union was going to start setting up a freely-elected parliamentary government, but he died before that ever happened. President Harry Truman became President and did not believe that the Soviet Union would honor the agreement and set up elections up in Eastern Europe. The United States exploded the Atomic bomb successfully and Truman also figured the United
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An atomic bomb is a weapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei of such heavy elements as plutonium or uranium. (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016) This catastrophic bomb was used twice during World War II. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb was known as "Little Boy", a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. Three
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political decision while earning around one hundred thousand dollars, in today's current money, a year. Now looking at an event standpoint, the eruption of Mmount Sst. Hhelens had a huge impact including the death of former president Harry Truman. Also in the 1980’s there was the Exxon Oil spill which killed a lot of Alaska’s sea life. TJust these three Marvels changed the course of history in multiplesome ways better for worse. In the 1980s a big influence on the economy were Yuppies. Young Urban
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called Part C. Today there is a challenge of how to finance care to future generations without burdening the economy or taxpayers. Before we look in to the future lets revisit the past starting with the birth of Medicare. In 1965 President Harry S. Truman proposed a national health care program. He wanted health security for all regardless of residence, station, or race for everyone in the United States. The proposed plan came under scrutiny from the American Medical Association and the bill
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Kilde 1: Trumandoktrinen J. Bender og H-K. Gade ”Stormagtpolitikken 1945-1982, Munksgaard, 1983 Ophavssituation: 12. marts 1947 tale af Præsident Harry S. Truman til kongressen Modtagere: Kongressen, men senere også Europa og Sovjetunionen Brugsværdi: Talen om Truman doktrinen holdt til kongressen af Harry S. Truman, som var den amerikanske Præsident. Den umiddelbare baggrund for henvendelsen til kongressen var en anmodning fra den græske regering til USA om hjælp. Men blev reelt begyndelsen
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