President Harry Truman, by August 1945, had to take an important decision about ending the war with Japan as soon as possible, knowing that they (Japanese) already lost the war at that moment. President Truman had four options: 1. Continue conventional bombing; 2. A ground invasion of Japan; 3. Demonstration of the bomb on a deserted island; or, 4. Use of the bomb on a populated Japanese city. After careful considerations, President Truman, his advisors, and commanders decided to bomb Hiroshima to make a strong impression on Japanese Emperor, Army, and civilians.

If dropping the bomb was the right decision or not, it's still not easy to affirm. However, the goal was to get a quick surrender from Japan and to do not extend the war uselessly. In that sense, it was a painful and effective decision.

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Match the location with its civil rights event.

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Birmingham: demonstrations, boycotts, and sit-ins. All these activities integrated the so-called Birmingham Campaign, as it was one of the most segregated cities in the US.

Washington D.C. : Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 in front of 250,000 supporters of the Civil Rights Movement. It constituted a direct claim for the end of racism

Selma: police attacked peaceful marchers outside this city. The march which was peaceful in the beginning is nowadays known as the Bloody Sunday.

Watts: terrible riots took place here in 1965. A roadside incident escalated to a conflict with police and ended up causing six days of unrest.

Little Rock: students tried to integrate a school. This conflict required the involvement of the Supreme Court that issued the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional.

Montgomery: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the bus in 1956 and it gave rise to the Montgomery bus boycott.

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