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    Manhattan Project he knew what he was saying. Especially since he knew the destructive force of the weapon he helped create. Although it was not the first‚ the atomic bomb was a weapon that the world had never seen before. With the ability to wipe out an area in seconds and leave that said area in shambles for years later. This power gave the atomic bomb the title of a weapon of mass destruction. Even though they are one of the newest threats to the world; weapons of mass destruction are the most dangerous

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    On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9‚ 1945‚ the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Thousands died instantaneously while many more died from radiation exposure from the bombs. The use of the atomic weapons was unnecessary due to the fact the Japan’s military was greatly weakened and ready to surrender‚ thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed simply for political power‚ and there could have been alternatives

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    after many American deaths President Truman decides to drop atomic bombs on Japan. According to Joel Wooton the first bomb known as “little boy” was dropped August 6‚ 1945 on Hiroshima‚ Japan. “Hiroshima‚ Japan was chosen to be bombed because it was the only city out of the 7 they had saved to bomb that one wasn’t under a lot of cloud cover.” (Wooton) They dropped the bomb out of a B-29 bomber named (Enola Gay) after the piolets mom. The bomb killed an estimated 80‚000-100‚000 people on impact and thousand

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    FUNCTIONS OF MONEY Money is something that people use every day. We earn it and spend it but do not often think much about it. Economics define money as any good that is widely accepted as final payment for goods and services. Money is so common that we rarely think about what it is. The characteristics of money include durability‚ divisibility‚ portability‚ and scarcity. Money acts as a unit of account‚ medium of exchange‚ and a store of money. First money is a store of value. Store of value

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    In 1945‚ when the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan I felt that it was not justified. Even though it saved thousands of American lives it was at the cost of others lives. The United States could have gave the Japanese a warning before dropping not one‚ but two bombs on them. However‚ the Japanese did not surrender until after the second bomb I think a warning would have made the bombing “justified.” To begin with‚ even though the United States and Japan were at war and were protected their own citizens

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    Debate Intro The pictures in front of you are the gruesome results of the utter destruction after the atomic bombs were dropped on both Japanese cities. Almost half a million victims; equivalent to 13‚000 tons of TNT; a 1.6 mile radius of destruction/bomb (within that radius‚ people were disintegrated‚ leaving shadows where they stood). Housewives and children were incinerated instantly‚ their internal organs boiled and their bones charred into brittle charcoal. 65% of the casualties were nine

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    The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs during WWII On August 6th 1945 the United States‚ under President Harry S. Truman‚ dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima‚ a fairly large city in Japan. Three days later on August 9th‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. A big question that is still argued today is whether the droppings of the two atomic bombs‚ that forced the Japanese to surrender‚ were a necessary act. Many historians and politicians argue this point

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    It is 1945‚ at the end of World War II‚ America is at the final stages of deciding to drop the atomic bomb on Japan or not. There are many factors that have been taken into consideration based off of the economic stress‚ the losses and the constant pressure to fight for democracy across the communistic nations. The factors that justified the government in creating The Manhattan Project are morally justified in commitment to the American people for the great loss in Pearl Harbor and among the many

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    On August 6‚ 1945‚ a plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb‚ Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima was a very industrial city; it had a military base and had not yet been bombed. The U.S. military thought Hiroshima would be a good target to display the destructive power of their new super bomb. Harry S. Truman‚ the president of The United States from 1945 to 1953‚ decided to drop the atomic bomb due to several reasons. First‚ he wanted to end the war as soon as possible‚ second

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    Mario Lopez ENC 1102 Fiedler 23 October 2012 Argumentative Essay Life and Success because of the Atomic bomb After defeating Nazi Germany there was only one step for the United States to end World War II and achieve world peace. The U.S. had to make the Japanese Empire surrender. The U.S. armed forces had already devastated the Japanese and conquered Japanese territories of Iwo Jima‚ Okinawa‚ and Japanese-held Luzon at a very high casualty rate. The last effort to make Japan surrender was to

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