- The code name for the secret development of the atomic bomb.
2. Who was Charles Groves?
- Head of the Manhattan Project; Military mind
3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
- Head scientist of the Manhattan project; communist, brilliant.
4. What is the significance of Los Alomos?
- The cite of the creation of the bomb, along with the testing facility; sort of a camp for scientists who worked on the bomb.
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
- Uranium 235 and Plutonium; U235 was more powerful, but hard to work with.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
- A soviet spy at Los Alamos, who happened to be a star sceintific in the program.
7. What airplane was specifically built for the atomic bomb?
- A b29, called the "super fortress", which could carry a 20,000lb bomb load.
8. What was Trinity?
- The code name for the test of the most successfully made atomic bomb
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
- The testing site of the atomic bomb
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
- The plane which dropped the first bomb on Japan; named after Tibbit's mother.
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
- The plane was named the bockscar and was piloted my Mark Sweeny.
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
- Nagasaki and Hiroshima
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
- Thin man---->Little boy, Fat man.
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
- approximately 100,000 in the first bombing,
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