Deciding to use the Atomic Bomb

Using the links below you must develop a 1-2 page analysis of the government's decision to use atomic weapons on Japan. In your typed paper please answer the following:

How was the bomb developed?
Who is responsible for the use of these weapons?
What was the aftermath of using these weapons?

What lessons should we learn from this event?

http://www.history.army.mil/books/70-7_23.htm

http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html

Perhaps the best set of links can be found here:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php

Japanese Internment

Follow the link below. Read or look at the primary sources listed on the site and complete the accompanying questions. GID!

http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/learning_center/dspPrint.cfm?resource_ID=FC218438-FF32-E1B7-86B4F4B030BFC962

Student project on internment:

Who or what is to blame for Pearl Harbor?

After reading the selection and carefully analyzing and annotating the text...

WHO OR WHAT WAS AT FAULT FOR THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?

Bubbles, Boom, & Bust

The Great Depression and the current recession may have some common causes. It is your task to tease out any similarities that you can glean from your study of the period (this means you have to have read about it... probably several times) along with the information from the article/links below. Good luck.

MUST READ: http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/economic_meltdown/

SUGGESTED READING:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/depression_comparisons/index.htm

http://financeprofessorblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/james-surowiecki-on-boom-and-on-banks.html

http://www.dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/02/great-real-estate-bubble-of-roaring.html

Great Video to help your understanding

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