Why WWII Started
This treaty punished Germany after WWI and helped create instability in Europe.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The secret U.S. program to build the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
The actor who plays Oppenheimer in the 2023 film.
Who is Cillian Murphy?
U.S. President who made the final decision to drop the bomb.
Who is Harry Truman?
This perspective argues the bomb was necessary to end the war quickly and save lives.
What is the traditionalist view?
This 1931 invasion showed Japan’s expansionist goals in Asia.
What is the invasion of Manchuria?
This physicist wrote a letter warning President Roosevelt about German nuclear research.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This test scene in the movie shows the first successful explosion of the atomic bomb.
What is the Trinity Test?
Physicist known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.”
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
This perspective argues Japan was already close to surrendering and the bomb was unnecessary.
What is the revisionist view?
This event brought the United States officially into WWII.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)?
This was the name of the first successful atomic test in July 1945.
What is the Trinity Test?
The film shows Oppenheimer losing this after a political hearing
What is his security clearance?
This scientist later regretted encouraging the U.S. to pursue atomic weapons.
Who is Albert Einstein?
One argument traditionalists use to justify the bomb.
What is avoiding invasion of Japan / saving American lives?
Name one reason Japan wanted to expand in the 1930s.
What is need for resources / economic expansion / empire-building?
The project began largely out of fear that this country would develop the bomb first.
What is Germany?
In the movie, Oppenheimer expresses regret using this quote from the Bhagavad Gita
What is, "Now I am become death"?
This U.S. Secretary of War supported the decision to drop the bomb.
Who is Henry Stimson?
One argument revisionists use against the bomb.
What is Japan was seeking peace / show of power to USSR?
This declaration in July 1945 demanded Japan’s unconditional surrender.
What is the Potsdam Declaration?
This New Mexico location was the main research site for the bomb.
What is Los Alamos?
The movie portrays tension between Oppenheimer and this government official who later works against him.
Who is Lewis Strauss?
This historian is associated with the revisionist view that the bomb was not necessary to end the war.
Who is Gar Alperovitz?
Was the bombing necessary to end the war? Use one piece of evidence to justify your answer.
Use evidence!!