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Primary Source Lab 8 Worksheet Instructions: read the document packet as instructed and answer the following questions. Most answers will require several sentences to completely answer. Make sure to be as detailed and specific as possible in your responses on the Worksheet. *1 Read Document, “ Korematsu v. United States ,” and answer the following questions. Why did Justice Black object to calling relocation centers concentration camps? Because concentration camps were something used by Nations we were pledged to stop. The relocation centers were made because we were at War with the Japanese not due to prejudiced against their race or color What did Justice Murphy mean when he stated that “individual guilt is the sole basis for deprivation of rights?” Do you agree? *2 Read Document, “The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima – The Public Explanation,” and answer the following questions. According to Truman why had the production of the atomic bombs taken place in the United States and not elsewhere? The US had many smart scientists and had the resources and the money to do so Why do you think Truman omitted any reference to the lives taken in the atomic attacks? Truman did not want the citizens to empathize for the Japanese and cause backlash What was Truman’s attitude toward sharing nuclear technologies with other countries after the war? Truman believes it is too early to share nuclear technologies because not enough research has been done on the powerful weapon

*3 Read Document, “If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used,” and answer the following questions. Do you agree that there was no fundamental difference between the atomic attacks and the firebombing campaign in Tokyo? Or is this moral equivocating? Yes, I believe the firebombing campaign in Tokyo and the atomic attacks Essentially serve the same purpose of making the Japanese not want to fight anymore Ethically, should the United States have shared technical information about nuclear fission or kept it a secret? I believe in the US should have shared it with a select few that were capable of understanding and were equipped with the correct equipment and technology *4 Read Document, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” and answer the following questions. According to Kennan, what did Soviet leaders value or respect? Determination, consistency, and respect of prestige How did Kennan propose that the United States could “increase the strains” within the Soviet system? That the US would force upon the kremlin a greater moderation. so we can eventually find and promote tendencies which must eventually find their outlet in the breakup or gradual mellowing of soviet power *5 Read Document, “A Critique of Containment,” and answer the following questions. What did Lippman mean by a “misuse of American Power?” he is saying that the policy is misusing the american power in his opinion in the wrong way and soviet union will decline on its own Why does Lippman argue that a policy of containing the Soviet Union conflicted with the goals of the United Nations? The UN can’t support the downfall of one of its members which the policy of containment did Which analysis do you find more persuasive, Kennan’s or Lippman’s? Lippmans *6 Read Document, “The Truman Doctrine,” and answer the following questions.

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