WW2 in WA state
This company built airplanes that were important to the war effort.
What is Boeing?
This dam was built on the Columbia River in Washington State.
What is the Grand Coulee Dam?
This secret site in Washington State helped build materials for the atomic bomb.
What is Hanford
This material was lightweight and strong, making it perfect for building airplanes.
What is aluminum.
This material was heavily produced in Washington and used to build airplanes.
What is aluminum?
This mineral needs substantial amounts of energy to convert it to a usable form for aluminum.
What is bauxite?
This material was produced at Hanford and used in atomic weapons.
What is plutonium?
This is one reason aluminum plants were built near rivers in Washington State.
What is access to cheap and abundant electricity (or hydroelectric power)?
Aluminum production depended heavily on this type of power.
What is hydroelectric power?
This important fishing site was flooded by the dam.
What is Kettle Falls?
How many donuts were made each day for Hanford workers?
What is 30,000?
Aluminum was important for the manufaturing of this company's B17 Flying Fortress for the U.S. Air Force.
What is Boeing?
This natural resource provided the energy needed for hydroelectric power in Washington.
What are rivers (or the Columbia River)?
One major negative impact of the dam was the loss of this natural resource.
What are salmon?
One reason Hanford’s location was chosen was because it was this type of area.
What is remote and sparsely populated (or isolated)?
752 of this type of craft was built in Tacoma and Seattle.
What are Naval craft (troop transports and destroyers) by the Kaiser Ship building company.
This is one reason Washington State was important to the WWII war effort's air force.
What is it produced airplanes and aluminum for the military?
These factories were built near hydroelectric dams during the war as they needed electricity.
What are aluminum factories.
True or False: The building of Hanford was so secretive, workers at the site often didn't know what they were doing or why they were doing it.
What is true.
Seattle and Tacoma shipyards were best known for...
What is repairing Naval craft in a war?