Also it began to stir up conflicts among the beliefs of the churches over time. The printing press was an amazing invention that became so extraordinary that it was used to print almost anything such as religious books, advertisements, and even literary works. These prints probably traveled across the continent faster than it took to write them. In 1493 Columbus sent a handwritten letter to the King of Spain (Doc. 6).
Alik Dukoyan AS History “How important was printing to the success of Lutheranism?” Printing press, which was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1436, supposed to be one of the most revolutionary impacts in the Church’s Reformation. It is obvious that through the printing, ideas and words had spread faster and it made all views of reformers accessible to public. Some argues that this invention helped Martin Luther, the Father of Reformation and the creator of Lutheranism, to try to influence and inspire people to protest the current incongruous ‘behavior’ of the Church, as he initially supported against it. This essay will evaluate how printing was important to the success of Lutheranism. Undoubtedly, the printing press, which was initially perfected in Mainz, Germany in 1452, had the prominent and significant role for the spread of the Martin Luther’s ideas.
There were many reasons why the U.S. won Midway, but the main reason is intelligence. The U.S. code cracker’s intercepted a Japanese code in 1942 that described Midway being a trap. Without intercepting this message, the battle would probably have ended up much differently. The U.S. Navy decided
The ambush that woke the nation was intent of war. “The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan” (President Franklin Roosevelt). I think that the words suddenly and deliberately were used adequately to impose a great feeling of threat. I think that it worked and it helped prepare
Pearl Harbor Address December 8th, 1941 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt attempted to incite action into a nation of troubled Americans after a sudden Japanese onslaught. In his address to congress given the day after the Japanese bombings was a request for a declaration of war upon Japan. Roosevelt created a speech that was dramatic, sufficient, and to the point therefore, understandable to the nation of worried Americans. The purpose of his speech was to clearly present the details of the attack, reveal the Japanese threat along the Pacific, and to thrust America into military action, which successfully led to the United States declaring war with Japan. Throughout the United States, American citizens were still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Finally, the largest controversy surrounded his public outcries to invade Japan against the orders of President Truman. Many believe that this would enter the Soviet Union into the war and would instigate a nuclear war. However, others think that the Soviets were not yet done perfecting a nuclear bomb and by hitting them hard early as well as China, that the Cold War as well as communism could have both been diminished. Regardless, it is hard to play Monday-morning quarterback and place yourself in MacArthur’s position on the battlefield. He had a completely different perspective than those officials sitting atop Capitol Hill will watchful eyes on all global situations.
On the morning of December 7th the Japanese forces were nearing the Pearl Harbor naval base and receiving information from a scout in a plane letting them now that they had achieved secrecy sending out the famous coded message “Tora Tora Tora” (Fuchida) and the exact layout of the planes and ship. There were other attack sights such as Ewa, Bellows, and Wheeler fields that the Japanese had decided on as key attack points. The Japanese’s feelings were rather mixed. Yamamoto said “The rise and fall of the empire depends upon this battle. Everyman will do his duty.”(Yamamoto 51) Many believed this was a dream come
When Stalin agreed to join a partnership with the Americans, officials were having second thoughts. Stalin was considered a troublesome ally. When news of the successful Alamogordo test reached Potsdam, top American officials began to view the atomic bomb as a way to avoid the need for Soviet involvement in the Pacific War, rather than viewing Soviet involvement as a way to avoid the need for the Bomb. Secretary of State James Byrnes was eager to “get the Japanese affair over before the Russians got in” and felt that knowledge of America’s new weapon would make the Soviets more manageable. Ways to avoid dropping the atomic bomb were never really a matter of discussion.
US wanted to focus on itself and the problems they faced within the country, never mind foreign problems. It would be a citizens surprise that the United States became a world superpower at one point and was becoming involved much more in global events and issues. Some believe that the United States shifted from isolationism to being involved in war for self-defense reasons while other say its a combination of economic reasons and self-defense. It began due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and ever since then the US has not been for isolationism. The country then feared the spread of communism which lead into more global involvement.
Many American today don’t realize the importance of such a document, and how it extremely relates to way our society is organized. It’s meaning is a statement of the conditions of legitimate political authority, and proper ends of the government. It proclaimed that political rule would reside in the sovereignty of the people. If we didn’t have the declaration of independence today, our society would be much different. We shaped our life as they are today according to the principles of freedom, equality and liberty, and if we did not follow them many of us today wouldn’t have the freedom to exercise whatever religion we want, have free access to the media or even have the job the want to have.