USH MT 6, LT 4 The Atomic Bomb

What scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb? 

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

• Henry Ford  

What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb? 

• The New York Project

• The Manhattan Project

• The Nuclear Project 

• The Atom Splitting Project

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

What Japanese city was the atomic bomb first dropped on? 

• Kobe

• Nagasaki 

• Tokyo

• Hiroshima

What was the main purpose of the Manhattan Project _________?

• Forcing Japan to surrender and having control over postwar policy

• Just to spend a large amount of money

• To scare other Nations

What were the names of both bombs?

• Young boy and Old man

• Young man and Old boy

• Little boy and Fat man

President Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was based on his belief that

• an invasion of Japan would be too costly

• German would refuse to surrender in Europe

• Japan and the Soviet Union might become allies

• Japan might develop its own atomic bomb

President Truman justified using atomic bombs on the ground that

• Atomic bombs would not be that destructive

• Japan deserved total destruction

• ending the war quickly would save lives

• the bombs were too expensive not to use

All of the following were consequences of the decision to use the bomb EXCEPT

• over 100,000 Japanese civilians were instantly killed

• two Japanese cities were completely destroyed

• the U.S. still had to launch an invasion of Japan

• Japan surrendered and World War II ended

Which of the following facts that are TRUE about "The Little Boy" bomb?

• a second bomb was not necessary to convince Japan to surrender

• The bomb did not expose people to radioactive fallout

• The bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima

• The bomb was delivered by a guided missile