1. Record information that supports the use of atomic weapons in the context of war against Japan.

  • The Japanese military rejected request for unconditional surrender
  • the Japanese military was refusing to give up their fight
  • . at all him the scientific community fail to perceive the effects of radiation sickness
  • Truman saw little difference between atomic bombing and firebombing of Dresden or Tokyo
  • atomic bomb brought an end to the war

2. Record information that leads you to believe atomic weapons should not have been used against Japan.


 

  • There were indications that unconditional surrender was possible
  • critics said Truman’s decision was a barbaric act
  • Japan was on its knees in the bombing is simply unnecessary
  • American government was accused of racism
  • American diplomats had ulterior motives the Soviet Union had entered a war against Japan a message for the Soviets to tread lightly

3. Record information that supports the notion that the US used atomic weapons in the context of US-Soviet competition: the Cold War.

  • atomic bomb is message to the Soviets of our power
  • United States wanted to intimidate the Soviet Union
  • United States wanted to show the Soviets that they were supreme