Use your notes and the textbook to answer this question.

1. What was the state of the war during the last few years of World War II? Both on the
European front and the Pacific front?




Refer to the following link for the questions below: http://www.ushistory.org/us/51f.asp
2. Briefly summarize the significance of each term or historical figure.
a. Manhattan Project:

b. Atomic bomb:

c. Robert Oppenheimer:

Visit the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/
3. Locate 2 primary source documents that supports the decision to atomic bomb
attacks in Japan; identify the main points of each.
a. Primary Source 1:
i. Main Point:

b. Primary Source 2:
ii. Main Point:

Dropping the Atomic Bombs in J apan
4. Locate 2 primary source documents that argues against the decision to atomic bomb
attacks in Japan; identify the main points of each.
a. Primary Source 1:
iii. Main Point:

b. Primary Source 2:
iv. Main Point:

Visit the Truman Library website: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm
5. World War II in the Pacific.
a. What was the significance of the Battles of I wo J ima and Okinawa?



b. Define: Potsdam Declaration.

c. Define: unconditional surrender

Watch President Trumans 1945 statement to American citizens:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?294914-1/president-truman-speech-bombing-hiroshima
6. President Truman ultimately ordered the atomic bomb attacks in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, what were the reasons given to the American public? Be specific.






Watch this 9-min YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998tSBoa3lo
7. Free-Write: After watching the video, write at least a one-paragraph response.
(There is no wrong answer. Express your emotions, opinions, ideas freely!)















Support your argument and main points by referencing sources used in this activity, the
textbook, lecture notes, or any other primary/secondary sources you find useful
8. If you were Truman, would you have dropped the atomic bombs in Japan?
Remember to support your argument and main points!