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//**__The Atomic Bomb__**//



President Trumen became president on April 12th,1945. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on the people of Hiroshima and also the people of Nagasaki. The first bomb was nicknamed "Fat Man" and it was dropped on August 6th,1945. The second bomb was called "Little Boy" and it was dropped 3 days after on August 9th,1945. The Japanese finally surrenderd on August 14th,1945.

1) What did President Truman say after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped?

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The first atomic bomb killed 66,000 people and injuried over 69,000. The second bomb dropped the population of Nagasaki from 422,000 all the way down to 383,000 and injuried over 25,000 people. The area that was destroyed by the bomb measured about 2 miles in diameter. There are four parts to the atomic bomb. First there is the explosion or also known as the atomic blast. Then there is the fallout which is extremely hazardous. Next there is the black rain and lastly one of the most dangerous there is radiation poisining.

2) What was the greatest of disease that was passed on to the offspring of survivors?

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Injuries from the bomb caused combinations of burns due to heat rays, broken bones, damages to external and internal body parts and of course death. Other effects that were caused because of the bomb was Keloids, ( swellings that are painful) Leuekemia, Cancer, and In-utero Exposure. Also bleeding and blood disorders were very common. There are three types of stages to how the atomic bomb effected you or your area and they are severe, medium, or light. People or places that were in the severe stage had a 50%-100% death rate. The Medium stage had a death rate of about 10%-50%

3) What was the death rate of the "light" stage?

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