Summary

My project was a 200 word essay on whether or not I would have supported the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan. I learned quite a lot from this project. I learned that it had brought the United states out the of Great Depression because of all of the jobs it provided for the American people. This was an amazing thing because I did not realize how it brought us out of the depression at first. Then I did research and I found out all the jobs it created such as the assembly lines to build tanks and missiles and other war materials needed. It brought the country together because the country was working as a whole for one purpose. It gave jobs to many Americans so that they could have a source of income and they could now feed their families. It slowly but yet surely provided money for people all over the country and boosted the economy. Many men had jobs in factories and assembly lines creating and manufacturing parts to vehicles and weaponry that would be used in the war. This was a faster and more effective way to create all of the goods while providing for the people of the country.
The dropping of the bomb also provided research for scientists to conduct, because they were not completely sure about the devastation that the Atomic Bomb would create if dropped on a country and what effects it would have on the surrounding environment of the country or the effects on animals and people that it would create. The scientists knew that it would have an everlasting effect and that it would create a very widespread explosion that would destroy many lives in the process of being dropped. This would help them test and research the effects it would have so that they could further apply this to other wars with other countries that they would have in the future.

Japan would also have lost so many lives that they would be on the urge of surrendering and giving up in the war after the Atomic Bomb was dropped and the United States knew this. Each bomb that was dropped instantly killed 70,000 to 100,000 people. When the bomb was dropped it was dropped to about 500 feet in the air when it exploded creating a blast that had a radius of 1.5 miles high and about 70 miles wide. The United States dropped 2 Atomic Bombs, one on Hiroshima and the other bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. When the first bomb was dropped Japan did not want to surrender at first but looking ahead and seeing what would happen if they did not they were forced to surrender once the second bomb was dropped.

I had also learned from this project that part of the fact that we did this war was to show Germany that we are not an inferior country so that they would still pay the debts that they owed us from World War I. It would show Germany that we are a fierce country that is willing to do what it takes to get what we want done.

Overall I liked this project a lot and I feel that it is very essential to what we are learning in class. I would recommend this project to anyone, because I feel I have learned a lot.