Question 1​: Compare both the positive and negative effects of the decision to drop

atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How did this event change the relationship
between science and government, and relations among countries that possess nuclear
weapons?

For some of the negative effects of dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, an estimated 140,000 people died in Hiroshima. And another estimated
74,000 people died in Nagasaki. And the dreadful effects of the bombs would still affect
the people there, causing cancer and other diseases from radiation. People today are
still recovering from the damages done by the atomic bombs.

Some of the benefits of dropping the atomic bomb include, declaring our military
strength, we showed the world that the USA had powerful weapons, this helped keep us
safe during the cold war a couple of years later, it was also our revenge for the horrible
attack on Pearl Harbor. And unfortunately, due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, we had no
choice but to respond, and a conventional response of going to war would’ve taken
many more American lives.

The government's investment into science would explode after the atomic
bombs, the atomic bombs led the government to realize the true power and worth that
science had, in the following year after the atomic bombs had dropped, the CDC was
founded, another decade later and NASA was founded, this was a huge technological
boom for the scientific community.

As a result of the atomic bombs dropping, and other countries possessing

nuclear weapons, tension around the world rose as people wanted to avoid mutual
destruction, as seen in the cold war that happened mere years after the bombs
dropped.

Question 2​: Explain the meaning of the term frame of reference. What factors can
influence a narrator’s or source’s frame of reference, and why is it important to take
these factors into account when evaluating a source’s credibility or validity?
 Frame of reference refers to the biases a person may have when they do
anything, frame of reference includes, someone's cultural background, what their own
views are, their morals etc. When evaluating a source’s credibility or validity, you need
to keep in mind someone's biases. If someones writing a paper on why school students
shouldn’t have to do homework, and they themselves are a student that hates
homework, you need to understand their biases.