End of the War in the Pacific

Question 1

A result of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that

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Japan surrendered within a few days.

Question 2

A strategy President Truman and his advisers considered to end World War II was

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continuing to fight the war the same way.

Question 3

The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was built by the US government in the early 1940s as a site

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for research on atomic weapons.

Question 4

Who was in charge of US forces in Japan following World War II?

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General MacArthur

Question 5

What was the result of the Trinity Test in 1945?

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Scientists realized how powerful the nuclear bomb was.

Question 6

How did the goals of MacArthur affect Japan’s economy in the decades following World War II?

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Japan became one of the world’s strongest economies.

Question 7

Although Leo Szilard conducted the first atomic research, he was opposed to

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dropping atomic bombs on Japan.

Question 8

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

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save American lives.

Question 9

Which scientist is often called the “father of the atomic bomb” because of his work as the head of the Manhattan Project?

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Robert Oppenheimer

Question 10

The new Japanese constitution after World War II contained a clause that

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prevented Japan from having or using an army.

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