- 1732 Questions Bombs and Trials PDF

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this is a history lesson on chapter 27 on bombs and trials...

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17.3.2 The Bombs and Trials Questions 1- What did Truman have to decide about how to handle Japan? - Thousands die on both sides or drop the bomb? 2- Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer? - Jewish American scientist that develops the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project 3- What General oversaw the Manhattan Project? - General Leslie Groves 4- What was the warning given to Japan? - “prompt and utter destruction” unless it surrendered at once. 5- Where was Little Boy and Fat Man dropped? - Little boy : Hiroshima - Fat man : Nagasaki 6- What ship did Emperor Hirohito surrender on? - U.S.S. Missouri 7- Who were the Big Three at the Yalta Conference? - U.S. FDR, Britain= Churchill, Soviet Union= Stalin 8- How many zones was Germany going to be broken into? - four zones 9- What principle was established at the Nuremberg Trials? - Individuals are responsible for their own actions, even at times of war 10- What nickname was given to the new Constitution created in Japan? What did it do for women? - MacArthur Constitution - provided woman suffrage and basic freedoms 11- What does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights cover? - World’s commitment to human dignity and nondiscrimination and formed the basis for international human rights laws.

12- What was decided at the Genocide Convention? - genocide a crime under international law...