Manhattan Project Key Points

What was the code name of the project to develop the first atomic bomb?

• Trinity Test

• Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)

• The Manhattan Project

• The Advisory Committee on Uranium

What were the three main sites of the Manhattan project?

• Manhattan, Oak Ridge, Hanford

• Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Japan

• Oak Ridge, Hanford, Los Alamos

• Trinity, Hanford, Los Alamos

Who was the theoretical physicist that led the Los Alamos Project Site?

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Enrico Fermi

• Albert Einstein

• Niels Bohr

In what year was the Trinity Test conducted?

• 1943

• 1945

• 1942

• 1944

Which of the following elements was primarily used in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

• Thorium

• Uranium

• Radium

• Plutonium

What was the nickname of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

• Gadget

• Trinity

• Little Boy

• Fat Man

Which country was the first to develop nuclear weapons?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Germany

• United Kingdom

What was the primary goal of the Manhattan Project?

• To develop radar technology

• To build the world's first atomic bomb

• To intercept enemy communications

• To develop chemical weapons

Which of the following scientists did NOT work on the Manhattan Project?

• Enrico Fermi

• Niels Bohr

• Leo Szilard

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

How was the secrecy of the Manhattan Project maintained?

• Through the use of code names

• By working in remote locations

• All of the above

• Workers were only told what they needed to know to complete their jobs and were forbidden to discuss their jobs with outside parties