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<http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?
article=0514>. This site was useful because it explains a two-sided few on
whether the atomic bomb should have been dropped on Japan.
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helped me by telling that when Japan was finished, so was all terror in World
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president about how the atomic bomb was unnecessary.
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. "What Drove Japans Decision to Surrender?" The Asia-Pacific
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that the atomic bomb probably didn't have the great effect on Japan's decision to
surrender.
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1 Mar. 2015. <http://www.doug-long.com/leahy.htm>. This shows a quote from a
US Fleet Admiral saying that the bomb was a horrible mistake.
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surrendered, Japan fought alone.
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with the U.S.'s "troop placement," this is the map in the background for my
History fair Website.
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for my website.

N.a. "Should the U.S. Have Dropped the Atomic Bomb?" Should the U.S. Have Dropped
the Atomic Bomb? Debate.org, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-u-s-have-dropped-the-atomicbomb>. This website helped by showing a person's valid point of view of
whether the bomb should have been dropped.
Shows the U.S.'s troop placement in Japan, In My Room in Chicago, Illinois. Personal
photograph by author. 2015. For the background of my website for History Fair, I
took this picture.
Staff, History.com. "World War II History." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009.
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US History Staff. "The Decision to Drop the Bomb." US History. Independence Hall
Association, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp>.
This helped me by showing an excellent summary everything you need to know
about the Manhattan Project.
Weber, Mark. "Was Hiroshima Necessary?" The Journal of Historical Review 16.3 (1997):
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2015. <http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/v16n3p-4_Weber.html>. This helped me by
showing different way the two bomb dropping could have been avoided.