Atomic Bomb Dbq Essay

This investigation will examine the question: Was the atomic bomb dropped during WWII for political reasons? The decisions of Harry S. Truman about dropping the bomb and the United State’s relationship with the Soviet Union will be the focus of the research to answer this investigation question.
The first source is Albert Einstein’s short essay to the editor of the magazine Kaizo about his involvement in the production of the atomic bomb titled, On My Participation in the Atomic Bomb Project. This is a primary source where Einstein discusses the extent to which he was involved in the creation of the atomic bomb. He tries to claim that he had very little involvement in the creation, and claimed to have always been a “convinced pacifist”. Einstein argued against murder even during war time and is especially against the use of the atomic bomb. He said, “To kill in war time, it seems to me, is in no ways better than common murder”. He adds that the the use of the atomic bomb …show more content…
After Albert Einstein fled Nazi Germany he wrote President Roosevelt a letter about the atomic bomb to warn about the dangers of Nazis having one. He encouraged the United States to start a research program and so the United States government started “ The Manhattan Project,” which was a research and development project that led to the development of the atomic bomb. The scientists that participated in the creation of the bomb were Robert Oppenheimer, David Bohm, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, Otto Frisch, Rudolf Peierls, Felix Bloch, Niels Bohr, Emilio Segre, James Franck, Enrico Fermi, Klaus Fuchs and Edward Teller. The bombs were mainly assembled at Los Alamos, New Mexico. On July 16, 1945 the scientists tested the bomb to see if it worked and it did. President Truman learned about the successful test and now knew he had a massively destructive weapon to use if he wanted to end the

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