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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?

2. The day after Nagasaki is bombed, where does Ernest Lawrence go?

3. Who directs the physics department at the University of Birmingham, England, in 1939?

4. Who is Tokutaro Hagiwara?

5. Who is the Chief of Security for Groves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the United States government becomes involved in the atomic bomb. Discuss the roles of scientists and non-scientists, including Vannevar Bush, Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein, Alexander Sachs, Lyman Briggs. What is the government's initial response? Does everyone in the government have the same attitude?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the beginnings of the Manhattan Project. What is it? How does it get started? Who is involved in setting it up? What is the U.S. government's role in the project? What is the role of General Leslie Groves?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Japanese determination never to surrender. Give examples from the war in the Pacific. What role does this play in the use of the atomic bomb?

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