Question 1

1) Who invented the concept of the atom bomb?

Accepted Answer

Multiple international scientists working independently

Answer

Americans

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Answer

Albert Einstein

Question 2

2) What drove FDR to fund the creation of the atom bomb?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Albert Einstein's letter

Answer

The rise of Nazi Germany

Answer

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 3

3) What was the Manhattan Project?

Accepted Answer

The research project to create an atom bomb

Answer

A Nazi spy operation

Answer

The start of the Soviet space program

Answer

A construction project in New York City

Question 4

4) Why did President Truman authorize the use of the atom bomb on Japan?

Accepted Answer

He thought it would save the most lives and quickly end the war

Answer

He wanted to see if it would work

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He wanted to do as much damage as possible

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He hated the Japanese people

Question 5

5) How did the Soviets learn about the atom bomb?

Accepted Answer

They had spies in the Manhattan Project

Answer

President FDR told them

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They had agents in Japan when the bombs fell

Answer

They intercepted Albert Einstein's letter

Question 6

6) What was the result of the development of the atom bomb?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

The surrender of Japan in WWII

Answer

The Cold War

Answer

A potential solution to the energy crisis

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