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Only half of 1 % of the deaths in world war II were from nuclear explosions. (10)

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Although it was said that half a million american lives were saved, in fact it was only about 50,000 (9)

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Redefined mortality(9)

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Also feared public outrage if invasions became necessary (9)

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People in positions of power(president) and media all kind of breezed over the inhumanity- refused to see the evil they were doing(9)

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Took away from other gov. programs(9)

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Felt obligated to use it (9)

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Didn't admit to themselves that they were terror-bombing (9)

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When choosing location, they wanted to find one that would cause terror. Wanted to show whole world(USSR in particular) that U.S. had power. (9)

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Manhattan project had $2 billion to fund of gov money(9)

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Was in a city filled with civilians (9)

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(9) http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=PPWT&u=mlin_m_msweston&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA16043623&inPS=true&linkSource=interlink&sid=PPWT

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Russians created sputnik - first satellite and man made thing to go in orbit (8)

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NASA created (8)

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U. S. won the race by sending the first people to the moon (8)

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although it started cold war, that caused a race for space exploration (8)

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(8) http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history

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launched the worldwide race for nukes (7)

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U.S. is trying to control other countries possession of nukes(Iran nuclear deal) (

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(7)http://www.theweek.co.uk/64578/legacy-of-the-atomic-bomb-70-years-after-it-fell-on-hiroshima

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U.S. was in direct violation of the internationally agreed principals of war (7)

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Dweight Eisenhower- "The Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing."(7)

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(6) http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=PPWT&u=mlin_m_msweston&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA134737405&inPS=true&linkSource=interlink&sid=PPWT

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Hiroshima has mostly been rebuilt (6)

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Put Japan on the road to democracy(5)

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(5)http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA62298081&docType=Brief+article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId=PPWT&contentSet=GALE%7CA62298081&searchId=R6&userGroupName=mlin_m_msweston&inPS=true

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(4) http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=10&docId=GALE%7CA135126971&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId=PPMI&contentSet=GALE%7CA135126971&searchId=R1&userGroupName=mlin_m_msweston&inPS=true

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Theodore Van Kirk, Navigator on Enola Gay  "I've never found a way to fight a war without killing people. If you ever find that out, let me know."

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Was done to evoke terror (3)

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Government may have exaggerated amount of U.S. lives saved (3)

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Within four years, Soviet union built atomic bomb (3)

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ended world war II (3)

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(3) https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/27/hiro-m27.html

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Indirectly caused death by burns, radiation sickness, and cancer. (2)

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(2) http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945

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Radiation sickness was unforeseen (1)

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President claimed that it was an effort to save american lives. A normal war would have lost an estimated 1 million casualties (1)

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Was a sign to USSR to tread lightly. Could be interpreted as the first shot of the cold war. (1)

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government was accused of racism in that they may have not done it if it was white civilians (1)

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Started new age of nuclear terror (1)

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about a week after it was done, Japan surrendered. (1)

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two days later, soviet union declared war on Japan(1)

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70,000 people killed instantly and estimated 100,000 in the following years due to radiation poisoning. (1)

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U.S. weary from 4 years of war and wanted it to end (1)

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(1) http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp