Creation
Was the decision difficult or easy?
It was a difficult decision because they wanted to end the war, but they also didn't want to introduce nuclear weapons to the world
How much of Hiroshima was destroyed?
4 square miles
Who was succeeding in the war before the bomb?
The Allied Powers
Who's idea was the atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
How does the atomic bomb work?
Nuclear chain reaction. Atoms split.
Who had surrendered already
Germany
What was the Manhattan project
The secret project for the creation of the atomic bomb
How many people died from the blast?
80,000 died from the blast
What strategy was the U.S. using to gain momentum?
Island Hopping, they won battles from island to island until there were close to the Japanese Mainland
Who created the bomb?
A group of scientists
How many people died from lasting effects?
100,000 people
What made the President decide to start the process of the creation of the atomic bomb
The Japanese wouldn't surrender
What was it made of?
Plutonium, Uranium
What was the reason the people died from the lasting effects?
radiation, cancer
What were the battles like in the War in the Pacific
Bloody, gruesome, and long