History how did women most directly support the war effort? a. enlisted in the military and worked in civilian jobs, including some typically held by men b. maintained their families at home while men went to serve in the military c. wrote letters to men overseas regardless of whether they were married to them or not d. voted for congressional leaders who supported president roosevelt why did harry truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on japan? a. he thought if he destroyed tokyo with an atomic bomb, japan would surrender. b. atomic bombs had not yet been tested, and he wanted to find out how powerful they were. c. he thought that far fewer people would die from an atomic bomb than from a military invasion of japan. d. advisers misled him to believe that the atomic bomb was much safer than other weapons of the day.