Primary Sources: Einstein Urges FDR to Build Nuclear Weapons in WWII

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Einstein Urges FDR to Build Nuclear Weapons in WWII. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Einstein Urges FDR to Build Nuclear Weapons in WWII. Then answer the questions below.

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Primary Sources: Einstein Urges FDR to Build Nuclear Weapons in WWII. Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Primary Sources: Einstein Urges FDR to Build Nuclear Weapons in WWII. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

What is the MOST likely reason Einstein later regretted his letter to President Roosevelt?

it did not lead to the United States defeat of Nazi German and was, therefore, a waste of resources

it contributed to the development of the nuclear bombs that devastated cities in Japan

it led to the United States becoming a global superpower

it led to other countries developing nuclear power, creating a security risk for the United States

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Question 2

The United States had recently decided to enter war against the German regime

French and American scientists had recently determined that nuclear power could be developed quickly

Germany took over Czechoslovakian mines and stopped selling their Uranium to other places

Researchers recently discovered large mines of uranium in the Belgian colony of the Congo

Universities had run out of funds to continue researching the uses of nuclear power

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Question 3

Question 1

it did not lead to the United States defeat of Nazi German and was, therefore, a waste of resources

it contributed to the development of the nuclear bombs that devastated cities in Japan

it led to the United States becoming a global superpower

it led to other countries developing nuclear power, creating a security risk for the United States

Question 2

The United States had recently decided to enter war against the German regime

French and American scientists had recently determined that nuclear power could be developed quickly

Germany took over Czechoslovakian mines and stopped selling their Uranium to other places

Researchers recently discovered large mines of uranium in the Belgian colony of the Congo

Universities had run out of funds to continue researching the uses of nuclear power

Question 3