End of WWII/Manhattan Project

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

• Chicago Project

• Manhattan Project

• Brooklyn Project

• Los Alamos Project

Scientific director of the project to develop the 1st Atomic bomb:

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Leslie Groves

• Enrico Fermi

• Albert Einstein

Military officer/engineer in charge of the Manhattan Project

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Leslie Groves

• Albert Einstein

• Enrico Fermi

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

• California

• Nevada

• Arizona

• New Mexico

What famous scientist helped convince President Roosevelt to begin working on an atomic bomb?

• Leslie Groves

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Albert Einstein

• Enrico Fermi

The 1st successful test of the atomic bomb ("Trinity") was equal to about ______ tons of TNT.

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

The "Little Boy" uranium bomb was used on the Japanese city of ________.

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

The "Fat Man" plutonium bomb was used on the Japanese city of ________.

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

Allied leaders agreed upon what to do with Germany at the Yalta Conference. Which of the following was NOT something they decided?

• Nazi leaders would be left in power after the war

• Nazi leaders would be put on trial for war crimes

• Germany would be disarmed

• Germany would be occupied by the Allies

Who took over as President after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

• Lyndon Johnson