The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb Topic: Atomic Bomb General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the dropping of the atomic bomb Thesis Statement: The creation of the Manhattan Project‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ and the aftermath are events that changed the world forever. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: Boom! Can you imagine a white light that blinds you instantly and a sonic boom that bust’s your
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Americans died compared to the 7 million Russians that were sacrificed. By focusing on the negative aspects of the atomic bomb dropping‚ one may overlook the fact that a president’s first priority is to protect and secure the welfare of his/her people and Truman did just that by dropping the bomb. Chief Executive Harry S. Truman fully knew that his decision to drop the atomic bomb would cause damage beyond imagination‚ but he had no other choice because the Japanese were reluctant and were highly
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launched the Manhattan project‚ developing the greatest weapon created at that time‚ the Atomic Bomb. On August 6th‚ 1945‚ The Atomic Bomb was first unlatched from a bomber above the city of Hiroshima‚ reducing the city to rubble. Three days later‚ the next bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ marking the quick yet gruesome end of WWII. There has been a big debate and a lot of controversy towards the dropping of these two bombs; ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat man’. Was it really necessary? Some think it was necessary as
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were left dead (Rossenfeld‚ n.d.). The causes of all of this were two atomic bombs dropped by the United States. At first glance‚ it may seem that dropping these two bombs was a terrible and horrific thing to do. However‚ the use of atomic weaponry was actually a necessity in how well our conflict with Japan played out. Without the bombs‚ we would have fought longer‚ and more lives would have been lost. Dropping the atomic bombs on
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class was exposed to what happened leading to the dropping of the bomb. Some believe that the droppings were justified‚ because if the bombs weren’t dropped‚ there would have been more battles and even more deaths than the bombs combined. Another reason some would agree is to show the world what this weapon really does. Others may think that the bomb was one of the worst event that has ever happened to our world because of how many innocent lives the bomb took and how the threat of nuclear warfare is
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb: Was it really necessary? In 1945‚ the United States with help from Canada‚ released a new force into unsuspecting Japan which shocked the world. It was the weapon the Manhattan project spent months working on while spending approximately $20 billion. It used up to 12% of America’s electricity during the war even though many people did not know what they were working on. It was a weapon so powerful that many heads of this project feared it would go terribly wrong. It would
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The dropping of the atomic bomb was possibly the most debated topic undertaken by Harry Truman and the United States government in 1945. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan‚ fighting in the Pacific reached terrifying levels as Allied forces systematically destroyed Japan. Despite how potent these forces were‚ the cost of human life was sickeningly high. This “problem” had a controversial solution- the atomic bomb. Upon becoming president‚ Truman had the final decision pertaining to the
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By dropping the atomic bomb‚ we were able to put an end to a war that could have continued for many more years. Though there was much controversy over the bomb‚ Truman‚ our president at the time‚ apprised America saying he was quite thankful for it and celebrated the scientific achievements of the minds that created it. America was the first country to create something of this caliber and he wanted us to realize how great it was. The pragmatic decision helped America to establish its military power
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President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. There were various events that led to his correct decision starting with Albert Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt. In his letter‚ Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Germany might develop and use atomic bombs. These bombs were capable of mass destruction because of the energy released by the splitting of atomic nuclei. When a single free neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of radioactive material
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Dropping the atomic bomb will solve nearly every problem we have. It would force the Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese
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