Praxis II World and US History Exam Prep

Answer - C - President Truman justified dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, by explaining that too many American lives would be lost if the United States needed to invade Japan.

Key Takeaway: Publicly, President Truman justified dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima by explaining that too many American lives would be lost if the United States were to invade Japan. He argued that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were large industrial cities that were only fueling the Japanese war effort. Truman believed that dropping the bomb would greatly shorten the war and save countless American lives-both in the military and on the homefront.