Today we watched a video.
1. What was the Manhattan Project?
The development of the atomic bomb.
2. Who was Charles Groves?
The head of the committee forming the atomic bomb.
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
Chosen by Groves to be part of forming the atomic bomb.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
Where the research facility for the atomic bomb was.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
Uranium 235 and Plutonium. Urianium.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
A Soviet spy at Los Alomos.
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
A B-29 Superfortress.
8. What was Trinity?
Code name for the atomic bomb test.
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
The testing place for the atomic bomb.
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
Paul Tibbits
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?
Hiroshimo and Nagasaki
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?
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