Turning Points in the Pacific Answers

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Why did President Roosevelt originally authorize the development of the atomic bomb?

He believed that Germany was trying to develop one.

He wanted to end the war quickly.

He feared that the United States could not defeat Japan without it.

What did Presidents Roosevelt and Truman both believe about the bomb from the beginning?

that it was too powerful a weapon to use except as a final resource

that it should be used if it would shorten the war or save American lives

that it would serve as a reminder to all nations that attacking America would never be tolerated

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