Question

President Roosevelt responded to einsteins letter by authorizing $6,000 in funding for experiments to create a nuclear chain reaction. Why would Roosevelt have taken this course of action? A) Roosevelt did not want the United States to fall behind in military strength (2) Roosevelt did not want the United States to have a atomic bomb (3) Einstein was a pacifist who opposed war.

Answer 1

It is A. because by funding his experiments with the expansion of funding he encourages the United states to be unkempt with its military strength amongst other countries

Answer 2

Answer:

A) Roosevelt did not want the United States to fall behind in military strength

Explanation:

As they already knew Germany and USSR were experimenting already with nuclear technology and trying to make new more powerful weapons and bombs, in this case Roosevelt authorized Einstens $6000 to fund experiments to create nuclear chain reactions that would create an atomic bomb that would allow the american army to win the war, and whoever managed to create it first would have the upperhand on winning the war.