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  •   “A warm wind began to blow. Here and there in the distance I saw many small fires, like elf-fires, smoldering.  Nagasaki had been completely destroyed.”
  • - Yosuke Yamahata
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"In 1945"
  •  In 1945,
  • the United States created the first atomic bomb.






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"Months after Germany had accepted..."
  •  Months after Germany had accepted defeat, Japan refused an unconditional surrender to the United States.
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"Soon"
  •    Soon, the question arose.  Should the United States use the atomic energy to defeat the Japanese enemy?
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The United States chose to use their atomic energy…


  •     Little boy ready to be loaded on to the Enola Gay,  headed to Hiroshima.
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Was the use of atomic energy justified?
  •  IS THE UNITED STATES JUSTIFIED IN KEEPING ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS TODAY?
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TODAY’S UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL MUST DECIDE…
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Report by the United Nations Committees to the General Assembly

Now In Session
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Social Studies Standards
  • History of the United States
  • World History
  • Geography
  • Economics
  • Civics, Citizenship, and Government
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English Standards
  • Language for Literary Response and Expression
  • Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
  • Language for Information and Understanding
  • Language for Social Interaction