End of the War in the Pacific

Question 1

How did the US change the government of Japan after World War II?

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It created a democratic government.

Question 2

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

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General MacArthur

Question 3

Which statement best describes the Manhattan Project during World War II?

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It was a large project that employed many people at several sites across the United States.

Question 4

What was the result of the Trinity Test in 1945?

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Scientists realized how powerful the nuclear bomb was.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

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save American lives.

Question 8

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 9

What was a concern of some scientists after the Manhattan Project?

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With Germany defeated, they did not think there was a need for an atomic weapon.

Question 10

Which caused the US Army to take over the atomic research project being conducted at Columbia University in the early 1940s?

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the US entry into World War II

End of the War in the Pacific Answers