Lesson Monday 4.12_Dropping the Atomic Bomb

Lesson Monday 4.12_Dropping the Atomic Bomb

If you are assigned to attend school on Scarlet Days You will complete this in class; If you are in school on Gold Days, you need to complete this assignment by Midnight tonight.

Multiple Choice

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

• Because they wanted to see if the bomb would work  
• Because they estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion 
• Because they did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan 
• Because they did not think they could defeat the Japanese

Multiple Choice

What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• John F. Kennedy

Multiple Choice

Who where the individuals that issued the Potsdam Declaration?

• Truman & Churchill
• Churchill & Kai Shek
• Truman & Kai Shek
• Truman, Churchill, & Kai Shek

Multiple Choice

During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?

• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War

Multiple Choice

^{The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb}

• The New York Project
• The Manhattan Project
• The Atom Splitting Project
• The Nuclear Project

Read over this Quote before answering the question on the following slide.

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

Why did President Truman feel that the atomic bomb had to be used against enemy targets?

Read over this Quote before answering the next two questions

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

Why did Admiral Leahy feel the use of the atomic bomb on Japan was unnecessary?

Why did Admiral Leahy think the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was morally wrong?

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

What is different about nuclear weapons from normal weapons?

What outweighs the fact that dropping the bomb would save American lives?

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

What observations did the doctor make about the effects of the bombing of the city?

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

According to this article, why was it unnecessary to drop the bomb in Hiroshima?

What claim about Russia does the Author not agree with?

Open Ended

Describe the effects of the bombing as seen in the photos from the previous slide.

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

How did Eisenhower’s advice to the president influence the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

Open Ended

Answer in complete sentences:

What are the effects associated with nuclear explosion?

What consequences are not immediately obvious?

How does this document support or reinforce what you saw in the photos from the the slides before?