1st Atomic bomb

What major event does this remind you of?

Henry K U.S History

BOMB

The First Atomic

The students will investigate the development of the first atomic bomb in WWll

Learning Objective

• Explosive weapon from sudden release of energy of splitting or fission
• Made from plutonium or uranium

Whats an ATOMIC Bomb?

Atomic Bomb Test (1945)

• Response to fears that German scientists had been working on a weapon using nuclear technology
• Effort to bring about Japan's surrender
• End WWII

Why Was It Created?

• J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Edward Teller
• Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi
• Ernest Orlando Lawrence

Scentist Involved

• Code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic bomb
• Authorized on December 28, 1942, by president Franklin D. Roosevelt bring together various scientists and military officials working on nuclear research

Manhatten Project

Question

- Harry S. Truman

‘The atomic bomb is to dangerous to loose in a lawless world.’

Short-Answer Question

How did the creation of the atomic bomb affect the world?