23. Document Project 23: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Quiz for Document 23.6 President Harry S. Truman, Press Release on the Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945

Quiz for Document 23.6: President Harry S. Truman, Press Release on the Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to President Harry S. Truman, how could Japan have prevented the atomic bomb from being dropped within its borders?

By disarming its military

By agreeing to Truman’s terms of surrender

By developing their own atomic bomb

By ousting Emperor Hirohito from power

2. According to what he included in his statement, how much does Truman know about the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb?

Only what Roosevelt told him before he died

Everything that we know today

What he saw and heard from the scientists

The scientific explanations of its force

3. Based on his statement, on what grounds did Truman justify dropping the bombs on Japan?

The Japanese were inferior people.

He wanted to kill more civilians.

There was a scientific interest in seeing the effects.

The Japanese started the war.

4. What can you infer from Truman’s concluding paragraph regarding the future of atomic energy and research?

He knew the atomic bomb was revolutionary.

He was interested in environmentalism.

He was not interested in future development.

He was worried about future ramifications.

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