US Scientists
Father of the Atomic Bomb
Director of the Manhattan project
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist that helped start Manhattan project by signing letter to President Roosevelt that Germans were creating atomic bombs
Lived in Patchogue New York
Albert Einstein
What were Americans initial reactions to the bombing of Hiroshima?
Celebration
Name the 3 leading countries of the allied powers.
USA, Soviet Union, Great Britain
Which element could only be used as a bomb through implosion?
Plutonium
Young Physicist that graduated high school at the age of 14
He gave secrets to the Soviet Union
Ted Hall
German Physicists who moved to American and became involved in Manhattan Project
Gave information to Soviet Union through Harry Gold
Klause Fuch
What was the main location of the Manhattan project, that sparked up lots of rumors for building submarines and death rays?
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Name the 2 main powers of the axis alliance "The bad guys of world war 2"
Japan and Germany
Which element could only be used as a bomb through the gun barrel methods?
Plutonium
Robert Oppenheimer's right hand man
Named the atomic bomb the "gadget"
German Chemist that discovered nuclear fission
What was the main form of written communication between military and political leaders?
The telegram
The leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
What was the nickname of the bomb that hit Hiroshima?
Little Boy
Went to Oak Ridge uranium making facility to improve safety measures and prevent further critical damages and accidents
Richard Feynman
leader of the soviet atomic bomb program
Igor Kurchatov
This group of American felt empathy for the soviet union and often found suspicious by the US government.
The communist party
Who were the 2 presidents during world war 2?
FDR (Franklin D Roosevelt)
Harry Truman
What was the nickname of the bomb that hit Nagasaki?
Fat man
Made the molds to make perfect symmetry for the implosion of the plutonium bomb
George Kistiakowsky
leader of German Atomic bomb project
Werner Heisnberg
130,000 workers
What year did the US enter World War 2 and why?
US entered World War 2 in 1941 because of the pearl harbor attack
What is the idea of nuclear fission?
a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei