Manhattan Project Flashcards
What was the lab called that the members of the “Manhattan Project” worked at?
Los Alamos
What was the leader of the “Manhattan Project’s” name?
Robert Oppenheimer
What are the names of the two atomic bombs?
“Little Boy”, “Fat Man”
How did you trigger the Uranium bomb
“Gun method”, shooting a piece of Uranium into the bomb
How did Oppenheimer and the “Manhattan Project” scientists know that an atomic bomb would work?
Enrico Fermi’s “Chicago Pile”
What was the “Manhattan Project” called at first?
Uranium Committee
What was the name of the general in charge of the “Manhattan Project”?
General Leslie Groves
Where did the “Manhattan Project” scientists test the first bomb?
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Which two cities were the original targets for the two bombs?
Hiroshima and Kokura, Japan
What was the name of the pilot who dropped the bomb over Hiroshima?
Colonel Paul Tibbets
