Multiple Choice Base your answer to question 1 on the excerpt from the letter below and on your knowledge of social studies. . . . This new phenomenon [nuclear chain reaction] would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable—though much less certain—that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. . . . Yours very truly, Albert Einstein — Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Albert Einstein, August 2, 1939 1. The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt reacted to the information contained in this letter by

(1) declaring war on the Axis powers
(2) creating the Manhattan Project
(3) proposing the Lend-Lease plan
(4) initiating the D-Day invasion of Europe