Enola Gay Video Questions
1. What was the Manhattan Project?
making of the atomic bomb
2. Who was Charles Groves?
person in charge of the atomic bomb
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
scientist in charge of the atomic bomb
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
the place where the bombs were made; place where the scientists stayed to make the bomb
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
uranium 235 and plutonium; uranium 235 was more powerful
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
star in the lab's theoretical division
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
B-29; the super fortress
8. What was Trinity?
code name for the test of the plutonium sphere
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
the place where the bomb was tested
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
named after the pilot's mother; tibbits
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
plane 77- Boxcar; Major Sweeny
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
hiro shima;
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
uranium- little boy; plutonium- fat man
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
the number of casualties is not completely certain
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