3. which of the following was a reason for the united states to use the atomic bomb against japan?
a. american leaders feared japan would never surrender without horrible losses.
b. the war in europe wasn't concluded yet.
c. the united states would be unable to win the war with conventional warfare.
d. american leaders wanted to test out the new weapon.

I would think it is "D" but if you think this explanation fits better with another one, then im sorry . . .

Explanation:

President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

A

Explanation:

The main reason giving for Americas decision to take atomic action is that it was a way to conclude the war without suffering further losses (on the American side at least). There are also those who see the attacks as retribution for Pearl Harbor and the many American lives lost in bloody warfare with Japan.

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explanation: index librorum prohibitorum, (latin: “index of forbidden books”), list of books once forbidden by roman catholic church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of roman catholics. publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historic document.

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