The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after
A. the emperor of Japan declared that his country would fight to the death.
B. the emperor of Japan asked the United States for more time to consider surrendering.
C. the Japanese government announced that the United States had only one atomic bomb.
D. the Soviet Union had begun a ground offensive against Japan.
E. the Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb.
Answer: E
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