The correct answer is <span>He believed that Germany was trying to develop one
Many of the scientists who worked on the project were actually originally German scientists who were saved from the Nazis and taken back to the United States. The US knew that Germany was working on developing atomic weaponry so they needed to make their own in order to protect themselves.</span>
well because we would have been more civilized back then therefore smarter, therefore catching up faster and we would be even more advanced in society today.