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American History Homework Eleven Answers - Student Six (view source)
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Japan was a formidable and brutal enemy in World War II. Because of their culture’s call to uphold honor over all else, the Japanese would literally fight to the death before surrendering. This obviously presented a huge challenge to America. We had only two options: to participate in a long drawn-out blood bath or to resort to using the atomic bomb. The former would have resulted in a huge loss of life on both sides, while the latter only required the loss of life on the Japanese side. While I believe it is morally wrong for an individual to place value on one life over another, it remains a nation’s duty to look after its own citizens over the citizens of another nation. Thus, I believe that dropping the atomic bomb was justifiable and furthermore, the best option America had at the time.
Japan was a formidable and brutal enemy in World War II. Because of their culture’s call to uphold honor over all else, the Japanese would literally fight to the death before surrendering. This obviously presented a huge challenge to America. We had only two options: to participate in a long drawn-out blood bath or to resort to using the atomic bomb. The former would have resulted in a huge loss of life on both sides, while the latter only required the loss of life on the Japanese side. While I believe it is morally wrong for an individual to place value on one life over another, it remains a nation’s duty to look after its own citizens over the citizens of another nation. Thus, I believe that dropping the atomic bomb was justifiable and furthermore, the best option America had at the time.
'''7. Please interpret and explain the cartoon, including an estimate of its date. (It was published by a paper in New Jersey years ago.)'''
This cartoon displays the ghost of Theodore Roosevelt looking on in disgust at how his fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took his “big stick” policy to a much higher extreme than he had ever intended for it. In this context “big stick” refers to the federal government (and furthermore, the executive branch) having a large amount of power. When the democrat FDR was president there was a democrat majority in both the House and the Senate. For that reason, Congress went along with virtually everything that FDR introduced—and FDR introduced more than any president before him with his New Deal. This cartoon portrays this relationship between Congress and the executive by showing two men (representing the House and the Senate) carrying huge sticks to the White House as “gifts” for the president (FDR). This was probably drawn in 1933, the year that FDR took office and proceeded to make more changes to the American government than any president before or after him.
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