Manhattan Project
Figures
Motives
100

What was the first Atomic detonation?


The Trinity Bomb

100

This president oversaw the development of the Atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project

FDR

100

This Model is used to determine a figure's motives using logic and reason. 

Rational Actor Model

200

How much did the Manhattan Project cost?

$2 Billion 

200

This President oversaw the deployment of the Atomic Bomb

Harry Truman

200

What caused Japan to refuse unconditional surrender?

Fear of losing the Emperor

300

Who assisted the US in developing the Bomb?

Great Britan/Canada 

300

Who was the leader of Japan that oversaw the nation's surrender?

Emperor Hirohito

300

Outside of ending the war what motives did the US have for dropping the bomb on Japan?

To intimidate the USSR

400

What caused the US to begin the development of the Bomb?

Fear of the German Atomic Program

400

This is the Nation that the US wanted to intimidate with the Atomic Bomb

USSR

400

Which thinker from this chapter believed that the US had no military reason to bomb Japan?

Alperovitz