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AssignmentMultiple Choice

End of the War in the Pacific

Question 1 • Learning Lab - US History B-CR (26-27)

President Roosevelt responded to Einstein’s letter by authorizing $6,000 in funding for experiments to create a nuclear chain reaction. Why would Roosevelt have taken this course of action?

Answer
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Roosevelt did not want the United States to fall behind in military strength.
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Roosevelt did not want the United States to have an atomic bomb.
C
Einstein was a pacifist who opposed war.
President Roosevelt responded to Einstein’s…