Spanish American War (1898)
Spanish-American War: (1898 (April-August)) Fought between April and August 1898, the Spanish-American War was the result of American concern over Spanish treatment of Cuba, political pressures, and anger over the sinking of USS Maine. Although President William McKinley had wished to avoid any type of war, American forces seized the Philippines and Guam. This was followed by a longer campaign in southern Cuba which culminated in American victories at sea and on land. In the wake of the conflict, the United States became an Imperial power having gained many Spanish territories. Beginning in 1868, the people of Cuba began starting to overthrow their Spanish rulers. Having defeated two rebellions, the Spanish took a heavy hand when a third began
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The world’s greatest physicists and mathematicians took part in commanding the efforts during World War II, the project was projected to cost a heaping $20 billion due to the production of the first uranium and plutonium bombs. Albert Einstein influenced the beginning of the Manhattan Project. In collaboration with Leo Szilard, Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, to inform him of possible German nuclear weapons research and proposing that the United States began its own research into atomic energy. The American quest for nuclear explosives was driven by the fear of Germany’s very own Adolf Hitler and the fact that he would invent and gain military advantage. This project took a little less four years, the first atomic bombs were designed and built at a site in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Manhattan Project produces three bombs: the first bomb known as “Gadget” and was used as a test model. Due to the enormous expense and slow production rates for explosive material, no further tests were conducted. The second bomb, known as “Little Boy” was detonated over the city of Hiroshima in August 6, 1945 during World War II, and the final bomb, “Fat Man” was detonated over the city of Nagasaki three days later. Which led to Emperor Hirohito to announce his country’s surrender. Nuclear facilities were built at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Hanford, Washington. The main assembly plant was built at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The reason it was named the Manhattan Project was to trick enemy countries into thinking any development would be taking place in Manhattan, New York. The government was taking a chance to take enemy fire or possible bombing of an innocent state. This was made to believe that there was some sort of project taking place in a location that had nothing to do with
The world’s greatest physicists and mathematicians took part in commanding the efforts during World War II, the project was projected to cost a heaping $20 billion due to the production of the first uranium and plutonium bombs. Albert Einstein influenced the beginning of the Manhattan Project. In collaboration with Leo Szilard, Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, to inform him of possible German nuclear weapons research and proposing that the United States began its own research into atomic energy. The American quest for nuclear explosives was driven by the fear of Germany’s very own Adolf Hitler and the fact that he would invent and gain military advantage. This project took a little less four years, the first atomic bombs were designed and built at a site in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Manhattan Project produces three bombs: the first bomb known as “Gadget” and was used as a test model. Due to the enormous expense and slow production rates for explosive material, no further tests were conducted. The second bomb, known as “Little Boy” was detonated over the city of Hiroshima in August 6, 1945 during World War II, and the final bomb, “Fat Man” was detonated over the city of Nagasaki three days later. Which led to Emperor Hirohito to announce his country’s surrender. Nuclear facilities were built at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Hanford, Washington. The main assembly plant was built at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The reason it was named the Manhattan Project was to trick enemy countries into thinking any development would be taking place in Manhattan, New York. The government was taking a chance to take enemy fire or possible bombing of an innocent state. This was made to believe that there was some sort of project taking place in a location that had nothing to do with