The Atomic Bomb

P1 The nickname for the day the Allies conquered Germany during WW ll is _________________ .

• Valentine's Day

• Veteran's Day

• V-E Day

P2 Fighting ended in Europe but continued in _________ .

• Japan

• Germany

• the United States

P3 In 1945, Allies were fighting the Japanese in ___________ .

• the United States

• England

• Asia

P2 The Japanese would fight until ____________ .

• every soldier died

• they ran out of ammunition

• Germany surrendered

P2 Military experts said the only way to finish the war was to __________ .

• ask Japan to stop fighting

• have a meeting

• invade Japan

P2 There was concern that the United States could lose as many as one million _______ before Japan surrendered.

• soldiers

• civilians

• pets

P3 In 1945, _______________ was President of the United States.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Donald Trump

P3 At the time Truman became president the atomic bomb __________________ .

• worried many people

• was a top-secret project

• was a well-known weapon

P3 What was significant about the atomic bomb?

• it was more destructive than any bomb previously used

• nothing

• it had to be deployed from a submarine

P3 July 16, 1945 became a significant date when ____________ .

• Germany surrendered

• WW ll ended

• an atomic bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico