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decisions to make and they looked to the Preamble for guidance and clarity.
One thing America needed to handle was what to do to help the worried people
of the nation. According to Humanities 360, there was a big shock after the bombing
because of Japanese stereotypes, but the leaders acted quickly and declared war. The
Senate voted unanimously for war. Three days later Germany and Italy declared war.
Without the Preamble we would not be able declare war and help protect the Jewish
people in Europe. In the Preamble it clearly states that the American government will
promote the general welfare, and that is what they are doing by declaring war.
Americans had a thirst for revenge on the people who had taken the lives of thousands
of American people. So in a way by declaring war the government promoted the general
welfare.
Secondly, the American government wanted a way to establish justice, to the
people who had performed such an act of terrorism on the U.S. According to the
International Socialist Review, we decided to bomb Hiroshima as our own form of
justice. Like in the Preamble when it clearly says that we will establish justice, when
we need to, the people in America really needed to feel like justice was served and so
the Preamble, once again helped us in this time. America was also tired of being looked
at as a non-threat at the time so they wanted to be looked at as a superpower.
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Lastly the Preamble says that one job of the United States government is to
provide for the common defense. According to History State America supported allied
states heavily to help stop Adolf Hitler. They also made money for our armed forces by
selling goods to allied European nations. The government also provided us with troops
and with millions of dollars worth in supplies. In conclusion, the Preamble was able to
have a lasting effect on people in America hundreds of years after it was created.
Conclusion
So all in all, the Preamble has an enduring impact long after it was written.The
Constitution was made to change and help fix the shaky Articles of Confederation and it
helped guide us after the terrible attack on Pearl Harbor. The ideals of freedom were
summarized in one sentence in the Preamble and it shaped America.
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