Hiroshima | Nagasaki | Both | U.S. involvement |
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What was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Little boy
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What was the name of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
Fat man
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How many days apart were the bombs dropped?
3 days
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What kind of plane did the U.S. use to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
B29 Bomber
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What was the date that "little boy" was dropped?
August 6, 1945
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What was the date fat man was dropped?
August 9, 1945
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When Japan surrendered it was the official end of WW2?
True
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What caused the U.S. to declare war on Japan?
Bombings of Peal Harbor
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True/ False: Truman made the decision to use the bomb against Japan?
True
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What percentage of Nagasaki was destroyed?
44%
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Who was the president who ordered the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Harry Truman
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True/ False: If Japan surrendered sooner the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would not have happened.
True
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How many people in Hiroshima are still being effected by the bombings?
232,000
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True/ False: Selction of Nagasaki was accidental because clouds covered the main target city of Kokura.
True
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About how many people were killed instantly between both bombings?
120,000
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Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb?
An attempt to end the Pacific War as quickly as possible
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How many tons of TNT was equivalent to the bombs explosive capacity?
12,500 tons
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True/ False: The bomb dropped on Nagasaki was smaller thank the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
False: Fat man was 1,100 pounds heavier than little boy
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What was the code name for the American invasion of Japan?
Downfall
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True/ False: By the time the U.S. made the atomic bomb Germany still had not surrendered.
False, they surrendered before the bombs were made
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