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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?
Roosevelt did not want the United States to fall behind in military strength.
Roosevelt did not want the United States to have an atomic bomb.
Einstein was a pacifist who opposed war.
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Correct answer: Roosevelt did not want the United States to fall behind in military strength.
Explanation: Einstein’s letter warned that Nazi Germany might develop an atomic weapon, so Roosevelt authorized modest seed funding to make sure the U.S. wasn’t left behind and to investigate the possibility. The statement that Roosevelt “did not want the United States to have an atomic bomb” is false — his action was precisely to explore that possibility if it became necessary. Einstein’s pacifism is a biographical detail but not the reason Roosevelt acted.
Explanation: Einstein’s letter warned that Nazi Germany might develop an atomic weapon, so Roosevelt authorized modest seed funding to make sure the U.S. wasn’t left behind and to investigate the possibility. The statement that Roosevelt “did not want the United States to have an atomic bomb” is false — his action was precisely to explore that possibility if it became necessary. Einstein’s pacifism is a biographical detail but not the reason Roosevelt acted.
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