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1. What does the term “pacific theater” refer to?

2. What was the Bataan Death March and how did it strengthen Anti-Japanese sentiments in the united states?

3. Explain the United States strategy of “island hopping” as a means to defeat Japan?

4. What was the Manhattan Project?

5. What were President Truman’s reasons for dropping the bomb?

6. What were some of the effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

7. What were the three inventions that were developed during Word War II?

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During World War II (1939–45), the United States fought battles in several regions of the world. These regions were called theaters. Battles with the Japanese mostly occurred in the Pacific Theater, the waters and islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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1.) Pacific theater refers to the side of the war where Japan was being fought

2.) The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were forced to march until they died.

3.) Island hopping was America's strategy where they would take over islands that would help get an advantage over the Japanese

4.) The Manhattan Project was the program responsible for developing the American nuclear bomb

5.) Truman wanted to drop the bomb to pressure the Japanese into surrender

6.) The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed and the Japanese surrendered

7.) Atomic Bomb, Night Vision Technology, and Duct tape

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