Turning Point Episode 1

Front

What is the name of Russia's current president?

Back

Vladimir Putin

Front

True or false: Ukraine was formerly an area of Russia before World War I, and belonged to the Soviet Union before its collapse.

Back

True

Front

He was the American scientist that is credited with developing the atomic bomb.

Back

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Front

What is the Manhattan Project?

Back

The project to build an atomic bomb

Front

Where was the first atomic bomb built and tested?

Back

New Mexico

Front

True or false: Franklin Roosevelt decided to use the atomic bombs against Japan at the end of the war.

Back

false

Front

What was the name of the first test of an atomic bomb?

Back

Trinity

Front

What reason did the U.S. government give to explain the large explosion from the Trinity test?

Back

an ammunition dump exploded