1. What was the Manhattan Project?
The building of the atomic bomb
2. Who was Charles Groves?
A brigadeer general who headed the manhattan project
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
A physicist who aided in the building of the atomic bomb he was communist so it was hard to enlist his help.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
It was the top secret laborartory where the bomb was built.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
Uranium and Platonium. Platonium.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
A spy who worked in the manhattan project
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
The B-29
8. What was Trinity
Code name for the test of the platonium bomb
9.What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
It was where the atomic bomb was tested.
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
It was the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Tibits
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
the Boxcar Sweeny
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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?
130 thousand
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