The Atomic Bomb Abigail Dockstader Senior Division Research Paper The Atomic Bomb The Atomic Bomb is one of the deadliest weapons ever to be created. It has changed the history of the world. The atomic bomb would be the first weapon to bring together the world and shatter it altogether. In 1945‚ the only weapon that could destroy the world was built. This is the story of the history‚ creation‚ and innovation of the Atomic Bomb. In 1905
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The Atomic Bomb put a huge mark in American history. It changed the way war takes place and introduced the amass weapons of destruction to warfare. The destructive force also wiped out hundreds of thousands of people‚ mainly consisting of women and children. Many people were appalled by America’s immoral effort to end the war. Others disagreed and stated that it was a necessary evil to drop the atomic bomb and end the war. Even 70 years after World War II this argument continues of whether it was
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Modern Day Witch hunt The First Red Scare began after the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the First World War (1914–18). Anarchist and left-wing political violence and social agitation aggravated extant national social and political tensions. Historian L.B. Murray reports that the “Red Scare” was “a nation-wide anti-radical hysteria provoked by a mounting fear and anxiety that a Bolshevik revolution in America was imminent — a revolution that would destroy [private] property‚ Church
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Nuclear Bombs August 6th‚ 1945‚ the US drops the first nuclear bomb in combat over the city of Hiroshima‚ in Japan. This date is a huge part in our history because no weapon of such mass destruction has ever been used in combat like this. Three days later another nuclear bomb is dropped over Nagasaki‚ as soon as the bomb detonated around 80‚000 people died almost instantly showing the sheer power the bomb. A nuclear bomb has never been used in combat since then‚ but nuclear development has created
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During World War II the United States produced two atomic bombs. It was a big decision to drop not one but two atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. That decision was one of the biggest in history and there was more than one reason for President Truman to authorize the use of atomic bombs. What he did not realize or know‚ was the effects it would have. The atomic bombs did not just affect Japan by their devastation‚ but they affected the foreign policy throughout the world for years to come. In
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possibility that a bomb made with uranium could be created was considered in 1939‚ when WW2 broke out in Europe Two Hungarian physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner‚ alerted the US government to the possibility of an atomic bomb. President Roosevelt then set up a program to study uranium and the possibility of an atomic bomb. This started the series of events leading to the atomic bomb. American scientists‚ under this committee discovered that uranium-235(U-235)‚ the type used in the atomic bomb‚ is one
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atomic bomb controversy started on August 6‚ 1945. The Atomic bomb was first used in combat as it was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The explosive power of the weapon was finally displayed. Within a few days‚ another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ Japan. The atomic bomb was one of the most destructive weapons of war used in combat. It ended the seconed World War. However‚ the bomb’s used turned out to be a big controversy. President Harry Truman had many good reasons of dropping such a deadly bomb‚ but
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ALBERT EINSTEIN and the ATOMIC BOMB The physicist Albert Einstein did not directly participate in the invention of the atomic bomb. But as we shall see‚ he was instrumental in facilitating its development. In 1905‚ as part of his Special Theory of Relativity‚ he made the intriguing point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter. This was expressed by the equation E=mc2 (energy = mass times the speed of light squared). The atomic bomb would clearly illustrate this
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The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was the correct decision for a number of reasons. It helped win the war in Japan and saved American lives‚ which is the United States government’s first priority in the war. The bomb also set an example to other nations of the war of the devastation that is caused by these types of weapons. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan was necessary for the United States to end the war in Japan and move resources to finish the war in Europe. The first
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pushes over one domino which leads to the next falling over‚ a small event in life can lead to another occurring. “The Diameter of the Bomb” written by Yehuda Amichai shows how a small bomb‚ with a diameter of only thirty centimeters‚ can change the world. At first‚ the bomb has an effective range of only seven meters and kills four people. However‚ the blast of the bomb is where the domino effect beings as the effective range spreads and spreads till it engulfs the entire world. Amichai uses both imagery
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