1. Should the United States have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?

2. WWII 1941 1944 April 12, 1945 U.S. joins the war
most Axis Powers surrender (gave up)
Japanese continue to fight
April 12, 1945
FDR dies
Vice President, Harry S. Truman becomes President of U.S.

3. (Nazi Concentration Camp)
Place/Event B
Dates C
People
Approximate # of
People Dead D
Time
Days
C/D
People Murdered
Per
Day
Trail of Tears
(US)
October
March 1839
4,000
180 22
Chelmo
(Nazi Concentration Camp)
Dec – March 1943
June 1944 – July 1944
150,000
480
313
Belzec
May August 1943
600,000
1,250
Auschwitz
September 1941 –
May 1945
1,250,000
1,350
926 (Low Estimate)
4,000,000
2,963 (High Estimate)
Hutus and Tutsis
(Rwanda)
April 1994 – July 1994
800,000
100
8,000
Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
40,000 1
Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
100,000

4. Atomic Bomb Manhattan Project 1944 1945
top secret attempt of scientist from the U.S. and Europe to create a weapon to stop Germany and Japan during World War II.
1944
U.S. creates a successful atomic bomb
Capable of destroying everything in sight
1945
Truman agrees to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan

5. August 1945
August 6, 1945
First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9, 1945
Second Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
JAPANESE SURRENDER!

6. Should the U.S. drop the Atomic Bomb?
Read through the reasons for and against the atomic bomb?
What do you think?
Why?

11. Immediate Effects of the Bomb
Ranging from purple spots on the skin
Hair loss
Nausea (vomiting)
Bleeding from the mouth, gums, and throat
Weakened immune systems
Massive internal hemorrhaging (internal bleeding)
Disfiguring (mutilate) radiation burns
Killed or permanently damaged fetuses in the womb.

17. Long Term Effects Medical Findings Social Effects
“An irreversible (permanent) injury” remains in cells, tissues, and organs, leading to such blood disorders as leukemia, and other cancers are “related to exposure to the atomic bomb.”
Increased eye damage, called “atomic bomb cataracts” due to long exposure (contact) to radiation.
Children who were subjected to radiation while still in womb are shown to have small bodies and heads were common…some children were “emotionally and intellectually retarded” into adulthood.
Deaths from leukemia among exposed survivors had been increasing.
“A-bomb damage” includes…”social disintegration” and “psychological and spiritual shock.”
“Victims suffer constant anxiety,” leading to loss of jobs, disintegration (breakup) of families and personality breakdowns.

18. “Answering the Aim”
Based on the facts, do you think the United States should have dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?