1. What was the Manhattan Project?
making the bomb
2. Who was Charles Groves?
another guy working on the bomb
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
physists selected to help make the bomb
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
practice for the atomic bomb
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
a soviet spy
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
B29, faster then the B17. built to be able to drop the bomb on japan
8. What was Trinity?
code name for the dropping of the test bomb in alamgordo, new mexico.
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
it was the test shot for the bomb
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
plane 77, bockscar. major sweeny
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
hiroshima, nagosaki
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
little boy, fat man
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
at least 100,000
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