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?
school where they made baricks. place where bomb was made
5. What were the two types of atomic bombs being built made from? Which was more powerful?
uranium 235 and plutanium. Uranium is more powerful.
6. Who was Klaus Fuchs?
spy. star in the labs.
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 plutonium
9. What was the significance of Alamagordo, New Mexico?
where the record the explosion of the bomb.
10. What was the significance of the Enola Gay? Who was the pilot?
his mothers name. tibits. they were afraid it wasnt going to be able to take off because it weighed so much.
11. What was the name of the airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb? Who was the pilot?
Boxcar. major sweeny.
12. What were the two cities that we dropped atomic bombs on?
hiroshima, nagasakie
13. What were the nicknames given to each bomb?
uranium- the little boy
plutonium- fat boy
14. How many Japanese people died as a result of the atomic bombs?
hiroshima- 70000 and around 30000 after because of radiation sickness and other things.
nagasakie- 16000 deaths. not as much because there were so many moutains.
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