had enough knowledge to make an atomic weapon. The Manhattan Project was created in order for the United States to develop an atomic bomb before Germany could. The after effects of the Manhattan Project allowed for new opportunity to further explore uses of nuclear…
Probably, the first thing that came to mind when you saw this, was… What exactly is the Manhattan project? Well the Manhattan project dates all the way back in 1938, when many people feared that Hitler would build an atomic bomb after word spread that German scientist had split the uranium atom (fission). However, one of Hitler’s mistakes was his persecution of Jewish scientists. This persecution resulted in numerous scientists seeking asylum in the United States. One such scientist was Albert Einstein…
The Manhattan project had both positive and negative effects. The significance of the Manhattan Project was to WWII by using weapons of mass destruction and forced Japan to surrender. President Harry S. Truman made a decision On August 6, 1945, to drop a bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima he wanted to end the war quickly which was good but at what cost. all the scientist that contributed to the formation of nuclear weapons were motivated by the threat of the Nazis making an atomic weapon, but…