USIICP

DBQ FINAL

2014-2015

Use the following documents write a 500 word essay explaining how America became a world power in the 20th century. Submit a copy to Turnitin.com by 2:30 p.m. on Friday June12, 2015 and bring a hard copy to class on the same date.

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The Great White Fleet leaves Hampton Roads Virginia.

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The Washington Conference of 1921

IV.“Our security depends on the Allied Powers winning against aggressors. The Axis Powers intend

to destroy democracy, it is anathema to them. We cannot provide that aid if the public are

against it; therefore, it is our responsibility to persuade the public that aid to the victims of

aggression is aid to American security. I expect the members of my administration to take every

opportunity to speak to this issue wherever they are invited to address public forums in the weeks

ahead.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Lend-Lease Act

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Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was

suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in

conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in

the Pacific.

Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese

ambassador to the United States and his colleagues delivered to the Secretary of State a formal

reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the

existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

Franklin D. Roosevelt December 8, 1941

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Boston Herald newspaper article 6 June 1944

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Hiroshima August 6, 1945

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XI.As President and Commander in Chief, it is my duty to the American people to report that renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas in the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply.The initial attack on the destroyer 'Maddox, on August 2, was repeated today by a number of hostile vessels attacking two U.S. destroyers with torpedoes. The destroyers and supporting aircraft acted at once on the orders I gave after the initial act of aggression.…. I have instructed the Secretary of State to make this position totally clear to friends and to adversaries and, indeed, to all. I have instructed Ambassador Stevenson to raise this matter immediately and urgently before the Security Council of the United Nations. Finally, I have today met with the leaders of both parties in the Congress of the United States and I have informed them that I shall immediately request the Congress to pass a resolution making it clear that our Government is united in its determination to take all necessary measures in support of freedom and in defense of peace in southeast Asia.

Lyndon B. JohnsonReport on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 4, 1964)

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Vietnam 1964 – 1975

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New York Times January 21,1981

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Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, 1991 Report to the Congress on the Strategic Defense Initiative (May 1991), 2-9

XV.“We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”President Ronald Reagan June 12, 1987

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Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991)