Atomic Bombs WW2

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The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb.

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The Manhattan Project

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Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?

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They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion

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What was the main purpose of the Manhattan Project?

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Forcing Japan to surrender and having control over postwar policy

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What were the names of both bombs?

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Little boy and Fat man

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What scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb? Options: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford

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Albert Einstein

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Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?

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Because they estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion

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What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb? Options: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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What was significant about the atomic bomb?

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it was more destructive than any bomb previously used

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The decision to use the atomic bomb was difficult because _____________.

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many innocent people would be killed

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Because Japan did not surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States _______________ .

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dropped a second bomb on another Japanese city