Research Paper Deborah Hickson 11/25/12 US History Period H Mr. Larson Explosions in the Distance: The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project threw us into the age of nuclear warfare through the creation of a weapon that can kill thousands in seconds. But before we continue onto the story of The Manhattan Project‚ we first must know the reasons why it was started. During World War II‚ Germany‚ with some help from primarily Italy‚ tried to take over Europe. This was the rise of Hitler
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job that paid well they did not ask much about the tasks they were doing. The people hired at the sites were told nothing of the work they would do (Monk 343). In fact‚ many never found out until the end of the project. “It is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the Manhattan Project that the existence of an atomic-bomb building program was successfully kept secret from the very people who worked in the plants that supplied the necessary fissionable material” (Monk 343). The jobs they were
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The Manhattan Project that was carried out during World War II by the United States‚ resulted in the detonation of the first atomic bomb nearly eighty years ago and since then‚ over two-thousand atomic bombs detonations have been tested across the globe. During that
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The Manhattan Project was a turning point in discovery and weapons. But how do atomic bombs work? Why were they made? And how had it changed us as humans? Nuclear energy has changed humans. It started in 1939 when Albert Einstein‚ a German scientist‚ found out that the Nazis were trying to build a powerful bomb. He warned President Roosevelt about it and persuaded him to try to build one before they did. It would change history. Although he did warn them‚ he was denied “because the left-leaning
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The Atomic Bomb The research for the first Atomic bomb took place in the United States‚ by a group of nuclear engineers; the name of this research was called‚ “The Manhattan Project”. On July 16‚ 1945‚ the detonation of the first atomic bomb was tested near Los Alamos‚ New Mexico. As the atomic bomb was detonated‚ it sent shock-waves across the globe‚ which demonstrated that nuclear power would forever change the meaning of war. To create a nuclear bomb‚ nuclear fission must occur. The process
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The Manhattan Project The manhattan project is a very important part to world war 2 and the way things turned out. The country that was in the middle of all this was Nazi Germany lead by Adolf Hitler.He was the man that started the hunt of al the jews known as the genoside. In 1938 people feared that hitler would build an atomic bomb after news got out that german scientists had split the uranium atom "fission". One thing that hitler never thought of was the use that the jewish scientist
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to believe that the Manhattan Project‚ a descendent of the program‚ was a knee-jerk reaction to the bombing. According to writer Brenda Wilmoth Lerner in her article on the Manhattan Project for the Encyclopedia of Espionage‚ Intelligence‚ and Security‚ Roosevelt ordered‚ in December of 1941‚ that research was to begin regarding the plausibility of building an atomic weapon‚ just following the bombing of Pearl Harbor (246). Although misconceptions exist that the Manhattan Project was a direct response
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pound-for-pound basis‚ the U-235 in an atomic bomb can release on the order of one million times as much energy as TNT‚ a high explosive. The atomic bomb is the first nuclear powered bomb ever used. The atom bomb was created by people that worked in the Manhattan Project. The explosion generated Alpha‚ Beta‚ Gamma and neutron rays. Alpha and Beta rays were absorbed by the air and did not reach to the ground. Gamma and neutron rays were strong enough to reach the ground; thus it was these rays that affected people
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"The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th‚ 1945‚ a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos‚ New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb in the United States. The research was called "The Manhattan Engineer District Project" but it was more commonly known as "The Manhattan Project."1 The Manhattan
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drop the bomb came‚ President Roosevelt was originally the one who ordered the process of creating a nuclear weapon. In late 1941‚ the American plan to design and build an atomic bomb was underway and it received its code name‚ the Manhattan project (The Manhattan Project 1). This began a long and painful process of trying to develop the first atomic weapon‚ eventually for the use of practically destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Little did America know that this act of war would soon
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