USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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What was the effect of the United States’ use of atomic weapons in the war in the Pacific?

(A) The use of atomic weapons resulted in a massive “kamikaze"-style counter-offensive from the Japanese military.

(B) It gave the U.S. military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan.

(C) It brought about the unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin.

(D) ** It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.