1) It helped us deal with the Russians
2) It saved a ton of American and Japanese lives
3) It saved Japan govt. and their emperor system
4) The Japanese ignored our compromises and warnings
5) It was revenge for the death camps and baton march
After this, we had to agree on a consensus based on a picture. We chose a picture of the mushroom cloud of the Hiroshima bomb because the bomb symbolized both sides; it symbolized the power the bomb held and showed to what extent the affects of the bomb would be.