1. What was the Manhattan Project?
the project to build the atomic BOMB
2. Who was Charles Groves?
the thinker behind the BOMB
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
communist who helped with the building of the BOMB.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
it's the secret lab where they researched making bombs.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
uranium and plutonium. uranium was more powerful
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
a spy for the soviets at los alomos
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
Boeing B-29
8. What was Trinity?
name of the testing of the plutonium BOMB
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
it's where the BOMB was tested
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?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
Thin man - uranium. fat man - plutonium.
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
16,000-20,000
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