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1. What effects did the Atomic Bomb have on people's lives? The Adana Boab hade inmediate deally
Impact, but the fallout caused radioactive particles that raised an Japanese when had twelved the
Mart. This caused are lives to be lest due to radiation paitaniag. The stayed in the aloxisher
for seve than 10 years
2. Look at the cartoon on the bottom left of the front side of the page and write a paragraph explaining its meanings.
The assay sen bad le come back from the war have to Japan to pick up all the citizens whom pars from the Alama
Baub People who were supposed to die...
3. More people were killed in air raids than from the two atomic bombs but it was the atomic bomb that was
condemned. Why do you think this is?
The Atmaur Bomb was condessed because it was regular citizens whom where killed the air caid lulled.
soldiers out silizeos.
WHY DID THE U.S. DROP THE BOMB? BELOW ARE FOUR POSSIBLE REASONS
A. Americans believed Japan would never
surrender. If the bomb had not been dropped
thousands of Americans lives could have
been lost in an invasion of Japan. (S or L?)
When Harry Truman the American president heard of the
bombing he said, "This is the greatest thing in history." But even
now people are still dying of the effects of the Atomic Bomb.
These effects are so awful it is necessary to ask the question,
"Why did they drop the bomb when the war was so nearly over?"
The Americans had pushed Japan out of all the land they had
occupied in the Pacific region. In Europe, Hitler had been
defeated. So why did the Americans drop the bomb?
Look at the four reasons to the right. Imagine you are
President Truman in the White House. You are listening
to your advisors.
4. Write out the reasons in order you consider most
important for America
B. The Bomb had cost a lot of money to
develop and America wanted to use it. The
bomb cost $2 billion. It would have been
difficult to justify not using after such a huge
financial investment. (S or L?)
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C. The Japanese had been very cruel to
prisoners of war. Some Americans thought
they deserved to be taught a lesson. (S or L?)
D. The U.S. wanted to show how much
stronger it was than the Soviet Union (USSR)
which it did not trust. (S or L?)
5. Some Reasons are short term and some are long term. Circle an S or an L beside each one.
6. Now imagine you are against the dropping of the bomb. Look at each reason and write down an
argument against it, which you hope will stop the bombing. Each argument is lettered.
