End of WWII in the Pacific

What did the Einstein-Szilard letter warn President Roosevelt about in 1939?

• that the US planned to use nuclear weapons against Japan

• that Germany was researching nuclear weapons

• that the US was secretly researching nuclear weapons

• that Germany planned to use nuclear weapons against Japan

What was a major concern of scientists who left Nazi Germany for the United States before World War II?

• They feared Germany would pass the US in industrial production.

• They feared Germany was trying to develop nuclear weapons.

• They did not think Germany wanted to develop nuclear weapons.

• They did not think Germany was paying attention to their work.

Which caused the US Army to take over the atomic research project being conducted at Columbia University in the early 1940s?

• Japan’s research into atomic bombs

• the US entry into World War II

• a letter from Albert Einstein

• the first atomic bomb test

What was the result of the Trinity Test in 1945?

• Japan was convinced to surrender to the Allies.

• The US government shut down the Manhattan Project.

• Scientists realized how powerful the nuclear bomb was.

• Scientists persuaded the US to use the bomb on Germany.

A strategy President Truman and his advisers considered to end World War II was

• sending most US troops to Europe.

• continuing to fight the war the same way.

• seeking an immediate peace treaty.

• assassinating the Japanese emperor.

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

• improve relations with Russia.

• improve relations with China.

• end the war in Europe.

• save American lives.

A result of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that

• Japan repelled a US invasion.

• Japan launched a counterattack.

• Japan continued to fight.

• Japan surrendered within a few days.

Who was in charge of US forces in Japan following World War II?

• the US Congress

• President Truman

• General Eisenhower

• General MacArthur

How did the US change the government of Japan after World War II?

• It created a democratic government.

• It barred former soldiers from voting.

• It put Japan’s military in charge.

• It allowed the emperor to gain more power.