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World War II - Three Key Points

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In this essay, I will discuss three main points about World War II: Two reasons why Truman dropped the atomic bomb in Japan, the reasons for the policy of Japanese internment camps in the United States and the effects of this policy on Asian Americans, and the positive and negative effects on the use of the atomic bomb. The reason Japanese in internment camps were made is because the United States didn't trust Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States even made a poster that said "warning, our homes are in danger keep em firing (pg 109). This poster shows that the United States doesn't trust Japan. FDR reacted by making a speech after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The speech is known as "a date that will live in infamy" (document 1). The conditions at the internment camps were bad for the Japanese Americans. They had metal beds and no curtains between showers and toilets. A Japanese man named Korematsu thought that the internment camps were unfair. Resulting in his thinking he went to the Supreme Court. He told them the camps were unfair but the Supreme Court said that the camps were fair. President Truman had two options to end WW II with Japan. The United States had an armed guard standing at the bus stops to make sure nobody had weapons (document 5). This shows that the US wanted to end the war. President Truman could had invaded Japan and lost 500,000 troops or dropped the bomb on Japan. The atomic bomb was first created by a scientist, named Albert Einstein. FDR wanted to create the atomic bomb so he decided to make a secret program called the Manhattan Project. President Truman decided to drop the bomb on Japan. He said that he had no regrets on dropping the bomb (document 5). Truman warned Japan with the Potsdam Declaration that stated if Japan wouldn't surrender they would face complete destruction. The conditions in internment camps were terrible (document 4). Japanese people were evacuated from the west coas

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