History Help, please

What is the best explanation for why the United States decided to target Hiroshima?
It was geographically suited for bombing and evaluating the results of bombing.
It would have few casualties because it was nearly destroyed by previous bombings.
It was a religiously and culturally significant city for the Japanese monarchy.
It was a city with many family connections to Emperor Hirohito and military leaders.

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History Help, please

What is the best explanation for why the United States decided to target Hiroshima?
 It was geographically suited for bombing and evaluating the results of bombing.
 It would have few casualties because it was nearly destroyed by previous bombings.
 It was a religiously and culturally significant city for the Japanese monarchy.
 It was a city with many family connections to Emperor Hirohito and military leaders.

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twister207 · Answer

It was a city with many family connections to Emperor Hirohito and military leaders.

simplysadie · Answer

thank you :)

twister207 · Answer

The bombing of Hiroshima was really the only option after what they did to Pearl Harbor. It was unforgivable and there wasn't any way around it. If we had only given them a slap on the wrist then they would have probably came back two times the force.

simplysadie · Answer

Yeah, I thought it had something to do with Pearl Harbor and the other three choices didn't make any sense. I just wanted to double check.