Personally, President Truman
A) did not think the atomic bomb was necessary since an invasion of Japan was already planned and the Japanese had already sent out peace feelers.
B) was unaware of the plan to build an atomic bomb until after he was sworn in as president.
C) did not believe the atomic bomb would be enough to force the surrender of the Japanese.
D) believed the atomic bomb should first be demonstrated to the Japanese before it was actually used to bomb Japanese cities.
B
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Christopher Columbus spent his early seafaring years in the service of the Portuguese.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What types of jobs could African Americans obtain in the North in comparison with the jobs obtained by Irish immigrants?
What will be an ideal response?
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A. an increase in the sale of cotton overseas. B. a significant decline in the production of goods. C. women forced out of the public sphere. D. almost no black-market commerce. E. numerous bloody slave revolts.