-creation of the nuclear bombs.
2. Who was Charles Groves?
-a general who would choose the scientist to be in charge of making the atomic bomb
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
-a brilliant physicist, also a communist which the military people did not like at all. he had to be cleared to work on the project.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
-it's the place where they developed the bomb. they chose it because it was isolated from society and there they would have privacy.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
-uranium 235 and plutonium. scientist weren't sure which was more powerful so they planned to test them all thoroughly.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
-German spy/physicist who told the USSR what we were trying to make.
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
-B-29 Bomber (super fortress)
8. What was Trinity?
-codename for the test of the plutonium bomb
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
-where the test of the plutonium bomb took place
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?
thin man, re-named little boy
fat man
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
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