the turning point for america was a sharp change in direction of policy. one way in why the americans took a turning point could be down to the Berlin air lift, where the americans took 27,000 trips where made to Berlin to help them survive, so they took food water clothes ect, this showed stalin that america was not giving up, and then stalin surrendered. the dropping of the automic bomb controbuited to them taking a turning bomb, they have now got involved in ww2 on europes side, which they said they would never do. they threw money about to help europe get weopons they brought the automic bomb, they spent money on doing test runs for the bomb. They also came out of istonalionsit to interventionist. after they came out of WW2 they turned totally against communist's and was only capitalists, they did not like the way they was so controlling, so another turning point was them dropping the bomb and them spending money, and turning against comunists, they came out of istionaltionisum.
You need to read over your answer because there's some bits that i don't think you mean! You have made 4 points and have some good knowledge but you need to explain how and why each of these points represent a turning point in foreign policy. 5/8
The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, the US dropped the bomb because the Japanese wouldn’t survive and the believed they would lose many American lives in an invasion from Japan. 3 days after they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki because the Japanese rejected the Americans question to surrender. It was a turning point for US policy because before the atomic bomb was dropped America was isolationist; they didn’t get involved with anything they swore to not get involved with any European war. Before the atom bombs were dropped, Japan attacked pearl harbour; this caused the Americans to want to fight back, which meant they were now getting involved with European wars and beginning to use violence. After the atom bombs were dropped America joined World War, this was a turning point because after they dropped the atom bomb they resulted to violence unlike before the atom bombs. They then became anti communist and turned into capitalists, where as before the atom bomb they were totally communist. All this shows that the atom bombs were a turning point because before they were dropped America didn’t result to any violence or get involved with ay European wars and now after they were dropped America did all those things they said they would never do.
Far before the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki America were isolationist (didn’t want to get involved in any world affairs and especially not a war). America were isolationist because of a fear of getting involved in another European war as WW1 had taken its toll on America with them losing thousands of American lives , weapons and money. America were also inclined not to do anything about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria because the League of Nations did not retaliate to the Japanese either.
After the invasion of Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941 America declared war on Japan. America ‘Island Hopped’ around the pacific removing the Japanese army from each island for example, the first American military victory in the pacific at the isle of Midway allowed America to control the air and sea, a vital part of the American victory.
By autumn 1945 America were on the brink of victory in the pacific, after ridding the world from Hitler and Mussolini by this time President Theodore Roosevelt was dead and America had a new president, Harry Truman. A league of scientists had finally completed a $2 billion project called The Manhattan Project the atomic bombs were ready and Harry Truman had two options. He could drop the bombs on two major cities of Japan destroying thousands of houses and killing hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, and changing the way warfare works forever but sending fear into the heart of the soviet union or he could invade main land Japan and destroy the country by force, this would loose America thousands of soldiers and even more money, Truman picked to drop the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
They bombed Hiroshima first on 6th august 1945 then Nagasaki on 9th august. The two bombs killed 105,000 people instantly and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and houses, quickly after the two bombs on 10th august 1945 Japan surrendered; WW2 was over, only to be followed by the cold war.
Far before the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki America were isolationist (didn’t want to get involved in any world affairs and especially not a war). America were isolationist because of a fear of getting involved in another European war as WW1 had taken its toll on America with them losing thousands of American lives , weapons and money. America were also inclined not to do anything about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria because the League of Nations did not retaliate to the Japanese either.
After the invasion of Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941 America declared war on Japan. America ‘Island Hopped’ around the pacific removing the Japanese army from each island for example, the first American military victory in the pacific at the isle of Midway allowed America to control the air and sea, a vital part of the American victory.
By autumn 1945 America were on the brink of victory in the pacific, after ridding the world from Hitler and Mussolini by this time President Theodore Roosevelt was dead and America had a new president, Harry Truman. A league of scientists had finally completed a $2 billion project called The Manhattan Project the atomic bombs were ready and Harry Truman had two options. He could drop the bombs on two major cities of Japan destroying thousands of houses and killing hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, and changing the way warfare works forever but sending fear into the heart of the soviet union or he could invade main land Japan and destroy the country by force, this would loose America thousands of soldiers and even more money, Truman picked to drop the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
They bombed Hiroshima first on 6th august 1945 then Nagasaki on 9th august. The two bombs killed 105,000 people instantly and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and houses, quickly after the two bombs on 10th august 1945 Japan surrendered; WW2 was over, only to be followed by the cold war.
How was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a turning point in US Foreign Policy?
Between the 6th and 9th of August 1945, scientists in America came up with an idea that could end the war. They put this idea forward to the American President at this time, Harry Truman. His plan was two drop two atomic bombs on two of Japan’s most industrial cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki these bombs killed about 70,000 people.
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy because America was already out of Isolationism before the dropping of the bombs. They were already helping allies by running schemes such as Lend-Lease. This meant that allies could buy equipment off America and wouldn’t have to pay back till later. This suggests that America were out of isolationism before the dropping of atom bombs because they helped allies destroy Germany and Japan. Another reason why the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn’t a turning point because they were forcing Japan out of the Pacific islands. In the Pacific Japan were taking over all of the Pacific islands and America could only control the Pacific if they controlled the islands so they forced Japan back out of the islands to also destroy them. Also another reason why the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy because the Americans helped Britain force Germany and Italy out of North Africa after they invaded it. Italy sided Germany and wanted to control some of Europe. This shows that America were in the war before the atom bomb, which means that the atom bomb wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy. Finally the last reason why the atom bomb wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy because they helped China fight against the Japanese after they invaded a part of China called Manchuria. The Japanese wanted supplies from China so they invaded this part so that they could. This shows that America were in the war before the dropping of the atomic bomb, which shows that the dropping of the atom bomb was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy.
In conclusion the dropping of the atomic bomb was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy because the Americans helped their allies defeat Germany and Japan in Europe and the Pacific before they dropped the bombs.
I think that the dropping of the two atomic bombs was not a turning point in USA foreign policy. Some people argue that the dropping of the bombs was what sparked the change between isolationism and interventionism in US foreign policy. However the US was not isolationist before this event because of the other schemes they had in place to help other countries in the war effort. America had policies of lend lease and cash and carry, set up to sell or lend equipment and money to Britain, France and the USSR. Also they had placed soldiers on the island of Iceland to prevent Germany taking over the country. Also America was directly in conflict with the Japanese empire. After the attack by the Japanese on pearl harbour America was at war with Japan and therefore they were not isolationist. They fought the Japanese directly and use submarines to destroy Japanese shipping. All of these reasons lead me to conclude that the dropping of the two atomic bombs was not a turning point in US foreign policy because as they were clearly non isolationist before that event.
Rebecca - 6/8 - excellent answer 4 points well made. You need to make sure that each point is fully explained rather than just tagging the wording of the question on to the end.
There was a sharp in direction of foreign policies. The atomic Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first on the 6th august and the second on the 9th august 1945. The Americans dropped the bomb to put and end to the war; they wanted to create fewer casualties for themselves and for Japan to make a quick surrender. Japan surrendered on the 15th august; this then ended World War 2. This was seen as a turning point for America as it stopped the war for going on for any longer; it also was the first time for a nuclear weapon to be used on a major population. Through this weapon America are demonstrating how strong and powerful they are and how they have the latest and most powerful weapons, from the dropping of the atomic bomb weapons have had a big change all over the world and weapons have changed with the technology. This was also a turning point for America and Europe as before the atomic bomb America did not get involved with the other countries or help them until Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbour which made then want to fight back, so they have decided to change and to get involved.
why was The Berlin Wall so important in the history of the cold war?
the Berlin wall was built in 1961 during the Cold war. the cold war was seen as the war of threat where there was no actual fighting except in the vietnam war.
The wall became a symbol of all the distrust and suspicion between the USSR and USA. Even before the wall was built the superpowers had fallen out over Berlin. For exapmple, in 1948 there was the Berlin airlift where America provided Eastern Germany with suplies to survive.
In 1961, President Krushchev irdered the wall to be built because people were moving from East to West and decreasing the communist population.
when the wall was built, president Kennedy said he would react but did nothing apart from saying a speech which showed that he was taking the moral high-ground.
The wall was pulled down in 1989 when communism lost against capitalism and East Germans fought against the communist leader.
the demolition of the Berlin wall was an important event in the cold war because it united Europe and combatted communism in Germany.
Why was the Berlin Wall so important in the history of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the cold War. The Cold War was simply a 'war of threats' this war of little action festered between the US and the Soviet Union. They fought to defend their political differences and to eradicate the opposing ideology. The US fought to contain Communism's spread throughout Europe and Africa. In this 'war' very little actually happened in terms of what is considered war, with the exception of the events at Vietnam. The Wall became a symbol of all the distrust and suspicion between the USSR and the USA. Even before the Wall was built the superpowers had fallen out over Berlin. For example in 1948 there was the construction of the Berlin blockade which began to constrict the resources flowing into West Berlin, in effect starving them. This lead to America's intervention by way of the air lift - which resulted in over 450 flights to Berlin every single day delivering food and other resources. In 1961, President Khrushchev ordered the Wall to be built to stop the citizens of East Berlin fleeing the border into the Western and more liberal side of Berlin. When the Wall was built, President Kennedy took very little action, he merely took the moral high ground to undermine the Communist East. He was quoted in saying that the people of the West happily remained in their homes and continued to work and prosper of their own accord, whereas the East Berliners had to be contained and physically restrained from being able to jump the border to the West. The Wall was later pulled down in 1989 when the collapse of Communism occurred. The demolition of the Berlin was plays a significant part in the history surrounding the cold was as is symbolizes the unity of Europe once again.
the turning point for america was a sharp change in direction of policy. one way in why the americans took a turning point could be down to the Berlin air lift, where the americans took 27,000 trips where made to Berlin to help them survive, so they took food water clothes ect, this showed stalin that america was not giving up, and then stalin surrendered. the dropping of the automic bomb controbuited to them taking a turning bomb, they have now got involved in ww2 on europes side, which they said they would never do. they threw money about to help europe get weopons they brought the automic bomb, they spent money on doing test runs for the bomb. They also came out of istonalionsit to interventionist. after they came out of WW2 they turned totally against communist's and was only capitalists, they did not like the way they was so controlling, so another turning point was them dropping the bomb and them spending money, and turning against comunists, they came out of istionaltionisum.
ReplyDeleteYou need to read over your answer because there's some bits that i don't think you mean! You have made 4 points and have some good knowledge but you need to explain how and why each of these points represent a turning point in foreign policy. 5/8
ReplyDeleteThe Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, the US dropped the bomb because the Japanese wouldn’t survive and the believed they would lose many American lives in an invasion from Japan. 3 days after they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki because the Japanese rejected the Americans question to surrender. It was a turning point for US policy because before the atomic bomb was dropped America was isolationist; they didn’t get involved with anything they swore to not get involved with any European war. Before the atom bombs were dropped, Japan attacked pearl harbour; this caused the Americans to want to fight back, which meant they were now getting involved with European wars and beginning to use violence. After the atom bombs were dropped America joined World War, this was a turning point because after they dropped the atom bomb they resulted to violence unlike before the atom bombs. They then became anti communist and turned into capitalists, where as before the atom bomb they were totally communist. All this shows that the atom bombs were a turning point because before they were dropped America didn’t result to any violence or get involved with ay European wars and now after they were dropped America did all those things they said they would never do.
ReplyDeleteFar before the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki America were isolationist (didn’t want to get involved in any world affairs and especially not a war). America were isolationist because of a fear of getting involved in another European war as WW1 had taken its toll on America with them losing thousands of American lives , weapons and money. America were also inclined not to do anything about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria because the League of Nations did not retaliate to the Japanese either.
ReplyDeleteAfter the invasion of Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941 America declared war on Japan. America ‘Island Hopped’ around the pacific removing the Japanese army from each island for example, the first American military victory in the pacific at the isle of Midway allowed America to control the air and sea, a vital part of the American victory.
By autumn 1945 America were on the brink of victory in the pacific, after ridding the world from Hitler and Mussolini by this time President Theodore Roosevelt was dead and America had a new president, Harry Truman. A league of scientists had finally completed a $2 billion project called The Manhattan Project the atomic bombs were ready and Harry Truman had two options. He could drop the bombs on two major cities of Japan destroying thousands of houses and killing hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, and changing the way warfare works forever but sending fear into the heart of the soviet union or he could invade main land Japan and destroy the country by force, this would loose America thousands of soldiers and even more money, Truman picked to drop the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
They bombed Hiroshima first on 6th august 1945 then Nagasaki on 9th august. The two bombs killed 105,000 people instantly and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and houses, quickly after the two bombs on 10th august 1945 Japan surrendered; WW2 was over, only to be followed by the cold war.
Far before the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki America were isolationist (didn’t want to get involved in any world affairs and especially not a war). America were isolationist because of a fear of getting involved in another European war as WW1 had taken its toll on America with them losing thousands of American lives , weapons and money. America were also inclined not to do anything about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria because the League of Nations did not retaliate to the Japanese either.
ReplyDeleteAfter the invasion of Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941 America declared war on Japan. America ‘Island Hopped’ around the pacific removing the Japanese army from each island for example, the first American military victory in the pacific at the isle of Midway allowed America to control the air and sea, a vital part of the American victory.
By autumn 1945 America were on the brink of victory in the pacific, after ridding the world from Hitler and Mussolini by this time President Theodore Roosevelt was dead and America had a new president, Harry Truman. A league of scientists had finally completed a $2 billion project called The Manhattan Project the atomic bombs were ready and Harry Truman had two options. He could drop the bombs on two major cities of Japan destroying thousands of houses and killing hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, and changing the way warfare works forever but sending fear into the heart of the soviet union or he could invade main land Japan and destroy the country by force, this would loose America thousands of soldiers and even more money, Truman picked to drop the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
They bombed Hiroshima first on 6th august 1945 then Nagasaki on 9th august. The two bombs killed 105,000 people instantly and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and houses, quickly after the two bombs on 10th august 1945 Japan surrendered; WW2 was over, only to be followed by the cold war.
How was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a turning point in US Foreign Policy?
ReplyDeleteBetween the 6th and 9th of August 1945, scientists in America came up with an idea that could end the war. They put this idea forward to the American President at this time, Harry Truman. His plan was two drop two atomic bombs on two of Japan’s most industrial cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki these bombs killed about 70,000 people.
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy because America was already out of Isolationism before the dropping of the bombs. They were already helping allies by running schemes such as Lend-Lease. This meant that allies could buy equipment off America and wouldn’t have to pay back till later. This suggests that America were out of isolationism before the dropping of atom bombs because they helped allies destroy Germany and Japan.
Another reason why the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn’t a turning point because they were forcing Japan out of the Pacific islands. In the Pacific Japan were taking over all of the Pacific islands and America could only control the Pacific if they controlled the islands so they forced Japan back out of the islands to also destroy them.
Also another reason why the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy because the Americans helped Britain force Germany and Italy out of North Africa after they invaded it. Italy sided Germany and wanted to control some of Europe. This shows that America were in the war before the atom bomb, which means that the atom bomb wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy.
Finally the last reason why the atom bomb wasn’t a turning point in US Foreign Policy because they helped China fight against the Japanese after they invaded a part of China called Manchuria. The Japanese wanted supplies from China so they invaded this part so that they could. This shows that America were in the war before the dropping of the atomic bomb, which shows that the dropping of the atom bomb was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy.
In conclusion the dropping of the atomic bomb was not a turning point in US Foreign Policy because the Americans helped their allies defeat Germany and Japan in Europe and the Pacific before they dropped the bombs.
I think that the dropping of the two atomic bombs was not a turning point in USA foreign policy. Some people argue that the dropping of the bombs was what sparked the change between isolationism and interventionism in US foreign policy. However the US was not isolationist before this event because of the other schemes they had in place to help other countries in the war effort. America had policies of lend lease and cash and carry, set up to sell or lend equipment and money to Britain, France and the USSR. Also they had placed soldiers on the island of Iceland to prevent Germany taking over the country. Also America was directly in conflict with the Japanese empire. After the attack by the Japanese on pearl harbour America was at war with Japan and therefore they were not isolationist. They fought the Japanese directly and use submarines to destroy Japanese shipping. All of these reasons lead me to conclude that the dropping of the two atomic bombs was not a turning point in US foreign policy because as they were clearly non isolationist before that event.
ReplyDeleteRebecca - 6/8 - excellent answer 4 points well made. You need to make sure that each point is fully explained rather than just tagging the wording of the question on to the end.
ReplyDeleteThere was a sharp in direction of foreign policies. The atomic Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first on the 6th august and the second on the 9th august 1945. The Americans dropped the bomb to put and end to the war; they wanted to create fewer casualties for themselves and for Japan to make a quick surrender. Japan surrendered on the 15th august; this then ended World War 2. This was seen as a turning point for America as it stopped the war for going on for any longer; it also was the first time for a nuclear weapon to be used on a major population. Through this weapon America are demonstrating how strong and powerful they are and how they have the latest and most powerful weapons, from the dropping of the atomic bomb weapons have had a big change all over the world and weapons have changed with the technology. This was also a turning point for America and Europe as before the atomic bomb America did not get involved with the other countries or help them until Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbour which made then want to fight back, so they have decided to change and to get involved.
ReplyDeleteDavid 7/8 - excellent answer - 4 key points explained well - you just need to use the wording of the question at the end of each explanation.
ReplyDeleteJack - 8/8 - well explained answer focussed on the question - well done!
ReplyDeletewhy was The Berlin Wall so important in the history of the cold war?
ReplyDeletethe Berlin wall was built in 1961 during the Cold war. the cold war was seen as the war of threat where there was no actual fighting except in the vietnam war.
The wall became a symbol of all the distrust and suspicion between the USSR and USA. Even before the wall was built the superpowers had fallen out over Berlin. For exapmple, in 1948 there was the Berlin airlift where America provided Eastern Germany with suplies to survive.
In 1961, President Krushchev irdered the wall to be built because people were moving from East to West and decreasing the communist population.
when the wall was built, president Kennedy said he would react but did nothing apart from saying a speech which showed that he was taking the moral high-ground.
The wall was pulled down in 1989 when communism lost against capitalism and East Germans fought against the communist leader.
the demolition of the Berlin wall was an important event in the cold war because it united Europe and combatted communism in Germany.
Why was the Berlin Wall so important in the history of the Cold War?
ReplyDeleteThe Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the cold War. The Cold War was simply a 'war of threats' this war of little action festered between the US and the Soviet Union. They fought to defend their political differences and to eradicate the opposing ideology. The US fought to contain Communism's spread throughout Europe and Africa. In this 'war' very little actually happened in terms of what is considered war, with the exception of the events at Vietnam. The Wall became a symbol of all the distrust and suspicion between the USSR and the USA. Even before the Wall was built the superpowers had fallen out over Berlin. For example in 1948 there was the construction of the Berlin blockade which began to constrict the resources flowing into West Berlin, in effect starving them. This lead to America's intervention by way of the air lift - which resulted in over 450 flights to Berlin every single day delivering food and other resources. In 1961, President Khrushchev ordered the Wall to be built to stop the citizens of East Berlin fleeing the border into the Western and more liberal side of Berlin. When the Wall was built, President Kennedy took very little action, he merely took the moral high ground to undermine the Communist East. He was quoted in saying that the people of the West happily remained in their homes and continued to work and prosper of their own accord, whereas the East Berliners had to be contained and physically restrained from being able to jump the border to the West. The Wall was later pulled down in 1989 when the collapse of Communism occurred. The demolition of the Berlin was plays a significant part in the history surrounding the cold was as is symbolizes the unity of Europe once again.
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