1. What was the Manhattan Project?
code name for the atomic bombs of WWII
2. Who was Charles Groves?
head of the Manhattan Project
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
Groves selected him to be the lead scientist of the Manhattan Project
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
it is where the scientists live. no outside contact.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
he was a spy at the Los Alomos
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
Boeing 29
8. What was Trinity?
code name of the test at Alamagordo
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
it was the test area for the bombs
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?
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
"Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
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