How did the Battle of Okinawa affect President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan? It showed that Japan was close to surrendering.
It showed that the US could not win the war without it.
It showed that Japan was willing to fight to the end.
It showed the US could easily defeat Japan.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

the national congress's powers over the states were specific and definite: it had the sole power to negotiate treaties, declare war, and make peace. all powers not granted to congress were reserved for state governments. congress had no power to levy taxes, for example.

the congress realized that action had to be.