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    The Atomic Bomb: Effects on Hiroshima and Mankind The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy‚ this is called fission. Three bombs were created‚ "Trinity"‚ "Little Boy"‚ and "Fat Man". "Trinity" was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July

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    Atomic Bomb DBQ In August of 1945‚ the United States launched two atomic bombs on Japan; the first‚ in Hiroshima on August 6‚ and the second in Nagasaki a few days later. Despite the obvious diplomatic advantage to implementing one of the most intimidating weapons of that time‚ the United States’ tactics and goals behind dropping the atomic bombs were purely military oriented; the political benefit was merely an added bonus. The atomic bomb was necessary due to the Japanese’s refusal to surrender

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    The alternative hypotheses in this case is dropping an atomic bomb against your enemies will end war and save lives. The null hypothesis was ending war and saving lives had nothing to do with the reason why the atomic bomb was dropped. It was dropped on the sole propose of showing the world that it would be willing to use nuclear weapons against its enemies. Finding the data on how many times we used bombs on enemies and non-enemies can test both hypotheses. After that we will take a look at the

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    Dropping the Atomic Bomb On August 6‚ 1945‚ President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan. Then on August 9‚ 1945‚ Truman ordered a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki‚ Japan. These two decisions were based the war timeline‚ war casualties‚ the successful completion of atomic bomb testing‚ the war experience with Japan‚ and the political conditions related to potential Russian claims on Japan. The atomic bomb decision was primarily driven by the weariness of

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    All Were there any injury phases on the people who survived the Atomic Bomb horrific? The injury phases on the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived The Atomic Bomb were horrific because most people were instantly vaporized or had the high risk of Cancers‚Blood Disorders‚ and Tumors. There were also risks of being badly burnt and having skin injuries that caused life long disorders to the body. The Atomic Bomb was so powerful that it caused more than 7 decades of death and agony to the people

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    nineteen-thirties war had come to multiple countries‚ causing the Second World War. Numerous people lost their lives‚ friends‚ and even family members‚ which contributed to many Americans feeling unguilted about the atomic bomb. When the United States made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan‚ there were mixed feelings over the morality of using it to end our war‚ but an overall sense of relief to bring the war to an end after such exhausting years. In nineteen thirty-nine‚ Germany orchestrated

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    1939-1945 and all the horrific consequences it had on the world. But do you ever take the time to think about how this war really ended? It obviously had to have taken a very powerful army or leader‚ but that wasn’t the case. What really caused this national turmoil to come to an end was the dropping of the most deadly weapon known to mankind: the atomic bomb. The year is 1939‚ and a world war is on the rise. America really wanted to create a weapon that they could use if worse comes to worse. Albert

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    II. Four years later and still at war‚ the President Franklin Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein explaining efforts in Nazi Germany to build an atomic bomb. The United States Government soon after began a very secretive project known as “The Manhattan Project”. They developed a new weapon‚ which was called the nuclear bomb. The United States made two of these weapons‚ “Little Boy” which consisted of uranium-235‚ weighed about 9‚700lbs and‚ two billion dollars of research was the

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    The atomic bomb controversy started on August 6‚ 1945. The Atomic bomb was first used in combat as it was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The explosive power of the weapon was finally displayed. Within a few days‚ another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ Japan. The atomic bomb was one of the most destructive weapons of war used in combat. It ended the seconed World War. However‚ the bomb’s used turned out to be a big controversy. President Harry Truman had many good reasons of dropping such a deadly bomb

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    During World War II the United States produced two atomic bombs. It was a big decision to drop not one but two atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. That decision was one of the biggest in history and there was more than one reason for President Truman to authorize the use of atomic bombs. What he did not realize or know‚ was the effects it would have. The atomic bombs did not just affect Japan by their devastation‚ but they affected the foreign policy throughout the world for years to come. In

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