Manhatten+Project

Manhatten Project Clarissa Axe and Maggie Bishop chem 4

What? Hitler was going to make an atomic bomb after the German scientist had split the uranium atom. This resulted in many scientists seeking asylum in the United States. One of them were Albert Einstein. He urged president Franklin Roosevelt to make the atomic bomb before Hitler did.The success of making the bomb is now known as the Manhattan Project.

When? 1938

Affect on us? It made us popular because we discovers how to make the atomic bomb first. And it prevented Hitler bombing.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Med/Szilein.jpg

http://gk12.rice.edu/trs/science/Atom/man.htm