I have attachment below. In two to three sentences, respond to each question. To develop your responses, combine your experience deploying search terms to locate the three primary sources in this learning block with your own reflections on the questions posed. Regardless of whether or not you were able to find all three sources, complete all question prompts before you submit your responses. It is especially helpful for your instructor to know what search terms you did use if you weren’t able to find the primary sources so that they can provide you with the feedback you need to develop effective search terms.
- Describe your overall experience of locating these primary sources. Was it challenging or straightforward? Did you learn anything interesting along the way?
- Were you able to locate an interview with Tom Evans, a close friend of President Truman’s, who interacted with scientists who were trying to reach Truman with their campaign against the use of the atomic bomb? Share your search terms and a link to the primary source.
- Were you able to locate a petition against the use of the atomic bomb circulated by Szilard directed toward President Truman? Share your search terms and a link to the primary source.
- Were you able to locate an interview with Lilli Hornig, a scientist who signed Szilard’s petition against the use of the atomic bomb? Share your search terms and a link to the primary source.
complete the
Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet
for the secondary source that you selected attached below
HIS 100 Research Kit
Science
How did the field of science play a role in the dropping of the atomic bomb? What were the effects of the atomic bomb on the scientific
community in the United States? What were the effects of the atomic bomb on technological innovation? What were the effects of the atomic
bomb on the environment? What were the effects of the atomic bomb on health, medicine, and physiology?
Primary
The Associated Press. (1945, Aug. 6–14). AP was there: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.
Retrieved from
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61
Atomic Archive. (2015). Historical documents and reports. Retrieved from http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
Atomic Heritage Foundation & Los Alamos Historical Society. (n.d.). Voices of the Manhattan Project [Tape recordings].
Retrieved from
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
Groves, L. R. (1945, July 18). Memorandum for the secretary of war: Subject: The test. American Experience. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bomb- test/
Hart, H. (1946). Technological acceleration and the atomic bomb. American Sociological Review, 11(3), 277–293. Retrieved from
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Manhattan Engineer District. (1946, June 29). The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Retrieved from
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160820112309/http:/www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bombtest/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160820112309/http:/www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bombtest/
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http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
The National Security Archive. (2015, Aug. 4). The atomic bomb and the end of World War II: A collection of primary sources. Retrieved from
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
Szilard, L. (1945, July 17). Leo Szilard’s petition to the president of the United States. Retrieved from http://teachinghistory.org/history-
content/beyond-the-textbook/25484 (Note: The petition is located on the left-hand side of the webpage once you click on this initial
link. Click on the link titled “Leo Szilard’s Petition to the President (1945).”)
Truman, H. (1945, Aug. 6). Press release by the White House, August 6, 1945. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-
06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
Secondary
Frisch, D. H. (1970). Scientists and the decision to bomb Japan. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 26(6), 107–115. Retrieved from
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Harper, J. (2007). Secrets revealed, revelations concealed: A secret city confronts its environmental legacy. The George Washington University
Institute for Ethnographic Research, 80(1), 39–64. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4150943
Malloy, S. L. (2012). ‘A very pleasant way to die’: Radiation effects and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Diplomatic History,
36(3), 515–545. Retrieved from
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/beyond-the-textbook/25484
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/beyond-the-textbook/25484
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
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Reynolds, M. L., & Lynch, F. X. (1955). Atomic bomb injuries among survivors in Hiroshima. Public Health Reports, 70(3), 261–270. Retrieved from
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Voynick, Steve (2009) “From Radium to the A-Bomb.” History Magazine. 10(4), 25-29. Retrieved from
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Government and Domestic Policy
How did the dropping of the atomic bomb affect domestic policies and decisions made by the American government? How did the dropping of
the atomic bomb relate to the start of the Cold War and the United States’ policy to contain communism? How did it relate to the United States’
rise as a global superpower? How did it relate to policies surrounding the limits of executive power?
Primary
The Associated Press. (1945, Aug. 6–14). AP was there: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Retrieved from
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61
Atomic Archive. (2015). Historical documents and reports. Retrieved from http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
Atomic Heritage Foundation & Los Alamos Historical Society. (n.d.). Voices of the Manhattan Project [Tape recordings]. Retrieved from
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
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http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (n.d.). The decision to drop the atomic bomb. Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (1946, July 1). United States strategic bombing survey: Japan’s struggle to end the war, July 1, 1946.
Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=19460701&documenti
d=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
The National Security Archive. (2015, Aug. 4). The atomic bomb and the end of World War II: A collection of primary sources. Retrieved from
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
Stimson, H. L. (1947). The decision to use the atomic bomb. Harper’s Magazine, 194(1161), 97–107. Retrieved from
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stim- son_harpers
Truman, H. (1953, Jan. 12). Truman’s reflections on the atomic bombings. Atomic Archive. Retrieved from
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Truman.shtml
Truman, H. (1945, Aug. 6). Press release by the White House, August 6, 1945. Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-
06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
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http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=19460701&documentid=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stimson_harpers
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stimson_harpers
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Truman.shtml
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=59&pagenumber=1
Secondary
Alperovitz, G., Messer, R. L., & Bernstein, B. J. (1991). Marshall, Truman, and the decision to drop the bomb. International Security, 16(3), 204–
221. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/447285
Bernstein, B. (1975). Roosevelt, Truman, and the atomic bomb, 1941–1941: A reinterpretation. Political Science Quarterly, 90(1), 23–69.
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Morton, L. (1957). The decision to use the atomic bomb. Foreign Affairs, 35(2), 334–353. Retrieved from
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Miles, R. E., Jr. (1985). Hiroshima: The strange myth of half a million American lives saved. International Security, 10(2), 121–140. Retrieved from
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Walker, J. S. (2005). Recent literature on Truman’s atomic bomb decision: A search for middle ground. Diplomatic History, 29(2), 311–334.
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Military
How did the American military play a role in the dropping of the atomic bomb? How did the dropping of the atomic bomb affect the military?
What later military events can be linked to the dropping of the atomic bomb? How did the dropping of the atomic bomb influence the military to
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take action to contain communism? How did the dropping of the atomic bomb relate to the Marshall Plan? How did it relate to the Berlin Airlift?
How did it influence Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech?
Primary
Atomic Archive. (2015). Historical documents and reports. Retrieved from http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
Atomic Heritage Foundation & Los Alamos Historical Society. (n.d.). Voices of the Manhattan Project [Tape recordings]. Retrieved from
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
Groves, L. R. (1945, July 18). Memorandum for the secretary of war: Subject: The test. American Experience. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bomb- test/
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (n.d.). The decision to drop the atomic bomb. Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
Manhattan Engineer District. (1946, June 29). The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Retrieved from
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
The National Security Archive. (2015, Aug. 4). The atomic bomb and the end of World War II: A collection of primary sources. Retrieved from
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (1946, July 1). United States strategic bombing survey: Japan’s struggle to end the war, July 1, 1946.
Retrieved from
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170119062625/http:/www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bombtest/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170119062625/http:/www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-bombtest/
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=19460701&documenti
d=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
Laurence, W. L. (1945, Sept. 9). Eyewitness account of atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Atomic Archive. Retrieved from
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Nagasaki.shtml
Secondary
Alperovitz, G., Messer, R. L., & Bernstein, B. J. (1991). Marshall, Truman, and the decision to drop the bomb. International Security, 16(3), 204–
221. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/447285
Morton, L. (1957). The decision to use the atomic bomb. Foreign Affairs, 35(2), 334–353. Retrieved from
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Pape, R. A. (1993). Why Japan surrendered. International Security, 18(2), 154–201. Retrieved from
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Miles, R. E., Jr. (1985). Hiroshima: The strange myth of half a million American lives saved. International Security, 10(2), 121–140. Retrieved from
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Walker, J. S. (2005). Recent literature on Truman’s atomic bomb decision: A search for middle ground. Diplomatic History, 29(2), 311–334.
Retrieved from
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http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=19460701&documentid=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Nagasaki.shtml
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International Relations and Japanese and American Civilians
How did the dropping of the atomic bomb affect international relations and civilians both in the United States and Japan? How did it influence
Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights? How did it influence the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact?
Primary
Berlin Potsdam Declaration. (1945, Aug. 1). American Experience. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-potsdam/
Borchard, E. (1946). The atomic bomb. The American Society of International Law, 40(1), 161–165. Retrieved from
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Coblentz, S. A. (1945). The challenge of the atomic bomb. World Affairs, 108(3), 164–167. Retrieved from
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (1946, July 1). United States strategic bombing survey: Japan’s struggle to end the war, July 1, 1946.
Retrieved from
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d=68&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-potsdam/
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Hart, H. (1946). Technological acceleration and the atomic bomb. American Sociological Review, 11(3), 277–293. Retrieved from
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Hersey, J. (1946, Aug. 31). Hiroshima. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
Johnson A. (1946). Twaddle on the atomic bomb. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 5(2), 201–202. Retrieved from
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Manhattan Engineer District. (1946, June 29). The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Retrieved from
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
Siemes, J. A. (1945, Aug. 6). Eyewitness account of Hiroshima. Atomic Archive. Retrieved from
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Hiroshima_Siemes.shtml
Stimson, H. L. (1947). The decision to use the atomic bomb. Harper’s Magazine, 194(1161), 97–107. Retrieved from
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stim- son_harpers
Truman, H. (1953, Jan. 12). Truman’s reflections on the atomic bombings. Atomic Archive. Retrieved from
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Truman.shtml
Turlington, E. (1946). International control of the atomic bomb. The American Journal of International Law, 40(1), 165–167. Retrieved from
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Viner, J. (1946). The implications of the atomic bomb for international relations. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 90(1), 53–58.
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http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/685/pg685.html
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Hiroshima_Siemes.shtml
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Hiroshima_Siemes.shtml
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stimson_harpers
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stimson_harpers
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/Truman.shtml
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Alperovitz, G., Messer, R. L., & Bernstein, B. J. (1991). Marshall, Truman, and the decision to drop the bomb. International Security, 16(3), 204–
221. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/447285
Bernstein, B. J. (1976). The uneasy alliance: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the atomic bomb, 1940–1945. The Western Political Quarterly, 29(2), 202–
230. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/448105
Harper, J. (2007). Secrets revealed, revelations concealed: A secret city confronts its environmental legacy. The George Washington University
Institute for Ethnographic Research, 80(1), 39–64. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4150943
Malloy, S. L. (2012). ‘A very pleasant way to die’: Radiation effects and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Diplomatic History,
36(3), 515–545. Retrieved from
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Morton, L. (1957). The decision to use the atomic bomb. Foreign Affairs, 35(2), 334–353. Retrieved from
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Miles, R. E., Jr. (1985). Hiroshima: The strange myth of half a million American lives saved. International Security, 10(2), 121–140. Retrieved from
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Pape, R. A. (1993). Why Japan surrendered. International Security, 18(2), 154–201. Retrieved from
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Reynolds, M. L., & Lynch, F. X. (1955). Atomic bomb injuries among survivors in Hiroshima. Public Health Reports, 70(3), 261–270. Retrieved from
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Walker, J. S. (2005). Recent literature on Truman’s atomic bomb decision: A search for middle ground. Diplomatic History, 29(2), 311–334.
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Primary Source Archive (Additional Primary Sources Can Be Located Here)
The Associated Press. (1945, Aug. 6–14). AP was there: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Retrieved from
http://bigstory.ap.org/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A3fd267ba7b3c40479382189c99172d61
Atomic Archive. (2015). Historical documents and reports. Retrieved from http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
Atomic Archive. (n.d.). The voice of Hibakusha [Tape recordings]. Retrieved from http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hibakusha/index.shtml
Atomic Heritage Foundation & Los Alamos Historical Society. (n.d.). Voices of the Manhattan Project [Tape recordings]. Retrieved from
http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
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http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/index.shtml
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http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hibakusha/index.shtml
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http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. (n.d.). The decision to drop the atomic bomb. Retrieved from
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
The National Security Archive. (2015, Aug. 4). The atomic bomb and the end of World War II: A collection of primary sources. Retrieved from
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php
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HIS 100 Theme 2: Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet
Prompt: Fill in each of the fields below using information from a secondary source of your choice. Be sure to include specific examples (page numbers, etc.).
Full APA citation:
Identify author and describe potential biases.
Identify thesis and arguments.
What primary sources did the source rely on?
Is the source reliable and convincing? Why or why not?
How does the source relate to your project topic? How does it add to what you already know about the topic?