Answer:There is contentious debate among scholars about why Japan surrendered in World War II. Some believe the Aug. 15, 1945, declaration was the result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... This strategy was affirmed in June 1945 as the gruesome and bloody Battle of Okinawa was winding down.
It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept. Harry Truman would go on to officially name September 2, 1945, V-J Day, the day the Japanese signed the official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.
In the wake of the 15th Amendment and Reconstruction, several southern states enacted laws that limited <u><em>Black</em></u> Americans' access to voting.
