WWII & the Atomic Bomb

What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb? 

• The New York Project
• The Manhattan Project
• The Nuclear Project 
• The Atom Splitting Project

What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      

• Harry S. Truman
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 
• John F. Kennedy 
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?  

• Because they wanted to see if the bomb would work  
• Because they estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion 
• Because they did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan 
• Because they did not think they could defeat the Japanese

What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?        

• J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Thomas Edison
• Isaac Newton
• Albert Einstein

During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?

• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War

What were the names of both bombs?

• Young boy and Old man
• Young man and Old boy
• Little boy and Fat man

The first bomb was dropped on which city on August 6, 1945?

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Taiwan

• Hiroshima

True or False: A second bomb was dropped on Tokyo finally bringing the war to an end.

• True

• False

Which event in the Pacific brought the United States into WWII?

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Midway

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Iwo Jima

What major event ended the war in the Pacific?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Bombing of Great Britain

• Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Bombing of Midway