The Manhattan Project

question 12

Multiple Choice

The Manhattan Project:

• A) was kept a secret from the entire executive branch except President Roosevelt and Vice President Truman.
• B) enabled the development of an atomic weapon based on the theories of German scientists involving energy and matter.
• C) was operated jointly by the United States and Great Britain.
• D) produced an atomic bomb that was successfully tested before FDR's death in 1945.

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