Atomic Bomb Quiz

Final major battle in the Pacific; highest casualty rate for U.S. & Japanese

• Guadalcanal

• Okinawa

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

Lead scientist for the Manhattan Project:

• Albert Einstein

• Enrico Fermi

• Leslie Groves

• Robert Oppenheimer

Code name for the project to develop the 1st Atomic bomb:

• Brooklyn Project

• Manhattan Project

• Los Alamos Project

• Chicago Project

Military officer in charge of the Manhattan Project:

• Leslie Groves

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Albert Einstein

In what state was the Los Alamos research site & Trinity test site located?

• California

• Arizona

• New Mexico

• Nevada

On what Japanese city was the "Little Boy" uranium bomb used?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

On what city was the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb used?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

What did President Truman do that caused the Japanese to surrender and end finally WW2?

• He begged and begged them.
• He wrote them a strongly worded email.
• He dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
• American ground troops simply overwhelmed Japan.

P7 The long lasting effects of the atomic bombs have caused historians to ________________ .

• encourage the future use of atomic weapons

• question why the U.S. got involved in WW ll

• argue about whether it was the right decision

What were the names of both bombs?

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