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BrownTown3

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Which of the following factors was not a reason why President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in 1945?
 
  A) He was concerned about the high potential casualty figures from an American invasion of the Japanese home islands.
  B) He wanted to prove to the world that the United States hated the Japanese and wanted them to suffer because of their attack on Pearl Harbor.
  C) The Japanese had suffered terrible destruction from American bombing attacks but were still not willing to surrender.
  D) Japanese soldiers and sailors almost always refused to surrender even when it was clear that their cause was lost
  E) He hoped to intimidate the Soviet Union.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes warfare between the Japanese soldiers and American Marines?
 
  A) They respected each other's dead, wounded, and prisoners.
  B) They utterly hated each other and committed numerous atrocities.
  C) They both fought desperately, but surrendered when it was clear that they could not prevail.
  D) all of these choices.
  E) none of these choices.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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