HIS 200 3-4 Writing Plan Progress Check 3.docx - Dawn...

Dawn MacDonald
HIS 200: Applied History
Southern New Hampshire University
May 5, 2018
Writing Plan – Research Question
Topic and Research Question
Topic: During my research for a historical event, I chose to concentrate my research
around the atomic bombing in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This event affected history for
many years to come. The United States changed history forever when they decided to take the
WWII into their own hands by using the first ever atomic bombs. The first bomb was dropped
on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6 th , 1845, and days later the second bomb was dropped on
Nagasaki, Japan. These two bombs killed over 80,000 people but as months and years passed
hundreds if thousand died from the deadly effects of the bombs. One of the known controversy
is whether the medical effects of the bomb were known prior to the actual bombing. Some say
many scientists and researchers were well aware of the havoc the bombs would have for many
years to come while other were accused of turning a blind eye. Not only did research prove the
bombings had many long-lasting effects on the civilians and their lineages both physically and
socially for years to come, the bombing also changed the game for warfare to come.
Research Question: What were the physical and social effects of the atomic bomb on
Japanese civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?