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atomic bomb
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Extremely powerful and destructive weapon that uses a nuclear reaction called fission (or splitting) of the nuclei of such elements as plutonium or uranium
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Cold War
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A phrase describing the ongoing hostility and competition for global influence between the Soviet Union and the United States that began in 1945 and was
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Manhattan Project
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The code name for the top-secret mission effort by a group of scientists to develop the atomic bomb; the project began in 1942 and was directed by the U.S. Army.
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Potsdam Conference
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The summit of Allied leaders in Potsdam, Germany in July and August 1945 to determine issues involving postwar Germany and the war against Japan.
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