Atomic Bombs Part 3

P2 The Japanese would fight until ____________ .

• every soldier died

• they ran out of ammunition

• Germany surrendered

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

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Albert Einstein

What was one of the two bomb names?

• little man

• fat boy

• tim

• cole

Why was fighting Japan difficult?

• They had a lot of weapons

• They were fierce warriors

• They had the atomic bomb

• They had a lot of soldiers

What names were used of Japanese pilots that crashed their planes into US ships on purpose knowing they would die?

• kinoshimo

• Nagazakie

• Kamikaze

• Samuri

What year and month did American forces invade the island of Iwo Jima

• August 1942

• September 1939

• June 1940

• February 1945

Why was this Island of Iwo Jima important to the US to invade?

• The Island was close to Japan and made it easy to invade Japan.

• Close to Japan and it was a good place for US planes to land.

• The Island had great amount of resources.

• It was the place Japan used to build weapons

Franklin D. Roosevelt dropped the bombs on Japan.

• True

• False

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

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

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