Question 10 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026
Oppenheimer helped develop the atomic bomb, so he understood its power and had direct knowledge of the destruction it could cause. That firsthand experience is the most likely reason he opposed using it. Choice B, “He had firsthand knowledge of the destructiveness of the bomb,” best explains his opposition.
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